Adrenaline (The Sam Capra series)
Amazon Best Books of the Month, July 2011: CIA agent, Sam Capra, is about to have an extremely bad morning. We’re not talking about I-just-spilled-coffee-on-my-chinos bad. We’re talking about terrorists-bombed-my-office-and-kidnapped-my-wife bad.  Sam is in the middle of an important meeting—he’s been closing in on the CIA’s most important target—when he’s interrupted by an urgent call from his pregnant wife, Lucy. There’s panic in her voice.  “Meet me outside now,” she begs. In the street, Sam sees Lucy in a silver grey sedan with a strange man in the driver’s seat.  Then a blast hits.  In a flash, all of Sam’s colleagues are dead.  Lucy’s gone. Sam’s the only survivor.  And we’re only on page twelve.  What follows is a breakneck thriller that delivers on the promise of its title.Adrenalinedoes indeed get the heart pumping with an exhilarating pace, creatively choreographed action, and intrigue that routinely compels you to read the proverbial “one more chapter.” But Sam Capra remains its most memorable asset.  In his quest to find his family, Capra becomes the best kind of hero, one who’s highly capable at kicking ass, but who's also imbued with a large amount of heart, which makes him worth rooting for book after book. Fortunately, Jeff Abbott has promised us more.--Shane Hansanuwat"If you knew this was our final day together, what would you say to me?""Anything but good-bye.  I can't ever say good-bye to you."ADRENALINESam Capra is living the life of his dreams.He's a brilliant young CIA agent, stationed in London. His wife Lucy is seven months pregnant with their first child.  They have a wonderful home, and are deeply in love.They have everything they could hope for...until they lose it all in one horrifying moment.On a bright, sunny day, Sam receives a call from Lucy while he's at work. She tells him to leave the building immediately.  He does...just before it explodes, killing everyone inside.  Lucy vanishes, and Sam wakes up in a prison cell.  As the lone survivor of the attack, he is branded by the CIA as a murderer and a traitor.Escaping from the agency, Sam launches into a desperate hunt to save his kidnapped wife and child, and to reveal the unknown enemy who has set him up and stolen his family. But the destruction of Sam's life was only step on in an extraordinary plot-and now Sam must become a new kind of hero.