WHEN IT COMES TO AMERICAN FREEDOM, ONE MAN IS ABOVE THE LAW.He is quiet, invisible, deadly — and the newest weapon on the front lines of a technologically advanced war. As part of a top-secret initiative called Third Echelon, National Security Agency special operative Sam Fisher has been given license to spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate to protect America.He works alone. And strikes fast. A one-man shadow warrior as cunning and ruthless as the enemies he hunts — but with one advantage…His name is Sam Fisher. He is a Splinter Cell.