From the bestselling author of First Blood comes a spectacular thriller, in which a former Navy SEAL and a Japanese samurai master are bound together in a terrifying past that never happened.

The bestselling author of First Blood delivers his breakout novel, an international thriller in the tradition of Ludlum's The Bourne Identity. The Fifth Profession deals with the timely subject of executive protection and corporate security, which Morrell researched at G. Gordon Liddy's Academy of Corporate Security and Private Investigation. "Taut, tightly written . . . well-paced, ingenious".--The Washington Post.