wild card (a stone barrington novel book 49)  <b>stone barrington clashes with a determined adversary in the latest non-stop thriller from #1 <i>new york times</i>-bestselling author stuart woods.</b><br /><br />stone barrington and his latest paramour are enjoying a peaceful country retreat when their idyll is broken by an unwelcome stranger. he was sent by an enemy, someone who&apos;d be happy to silence stone and all his collaborators for good . . . only it&apos;s soon clear that stone is not an easy man to target.<br /><br />but with boundless resources and a thirst for vengeance, this foe will not be deterred, and when one plot fails another materializes. their latest plan is more ambitious and subtle than any they&apos;ve tried before, and the consequences could remake the nation. with the country&apos;s future in the balance, stone will need to muster all his savvy and daring to defeat this rival once and for all.