The time is 5:00 PM.
One hour ago, federal agent Jack Bauer was declared a fugitive.
If he wants to survive, he must get out of the country, and he doesn’t have much time.
With his former colleagues in the Counter Terrorist Unit now dead, under arrest, or shut down, Jack has no resources to call upon, no back-up, and nowhere to go – only his determination can drive him on. One thing remains clear to him: the promise he made to his daughter Kim.
Jack vows that he will see Kim one last time to tell her he loves her…before he drops off the radar forever.
Meanwhile, a hastily-assembled FBI task force set out to track down and capture Jack, even as a covert operations unit of Russia’s SVR set out to do the same-only the remit of the Russians is to kill on sight.
As the clock runs down, Jack must face old friends and past enemies in a desperate race to stay one step ahead of the hunters, leaving them with a grim warning-
Stay out of my way, and I’ll be gone within 24 hours. You’ll never see me again. Come after me…and you’ll regret it.
AUTHOR’S NOTES:
This tie-in novel to Fox’s groundbreaking TV show 24 answers the question of what happened to CTU agent Jack Bauer after the thrilling final moments of the last season.
My former editor Marco Palmieri and I had worked together on a number of tie-in projects when he was at Pocket Books, and we developed a great editor-author relationship over that period. When he learned about Forge taking up the 24 license, I was one of the people he suggested for the job – so I owe him big for that! From Marco’s introduction, I had a meeting with the 24 line editor Melissa Frain when she was over in the UK and we both bonded over out mutual love for the series. I’d watched the show from Day One and absorbed all the other 24 tie-in materials over the years, so I had good handle on Jack’s fictional world, and we went straight to work coming up with a storyline to kick off the new novel series.
There’s a lot of things about 24 that keep me coming back to it. At the most basic level, it’s exciting. The relentless pace of the show makes every episode a thrill ride, and that’s something I tried to emulate with Deadline. You also have an iconic lead character in the form of Jack Bauer, who is the ultimate survivor, the man who takes all the slings and arrows thrown at him and yet still remains true to his own code of honor. I’ve always liked heroes who come through their adventures bloody but unbowed, and that’s Jack through and through. All that, plus a compelling supporting cast, the high-octane action and great drama make 24 a modern archetype for the thriller genre.
This novel was nominated for the Scribe Award for Best General Fiction in 2015.
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