Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful， elusive， deadly—and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop. An accomplished assassin and mistress of disguise and deception， she has set in motion the boldest act of terrorism yet conceived.Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer—one of the best—until the rainswept night in Amsterdam when his wife was murdered， an innocent victim of the games spies play. Since then he s been sailing charters in the islands. Now he s called out of retirement for one last assignment. For Hawthorne is the only man alive who can track down the world s most dangerous terrorist.Now， with his life and the life of the President hanging in the balance， Hawthorne must follow Amanya s serpentine trail， a path of seduction， betrayal， an instant death.Racing from a millionaire recluse s fortress to the social whirl of Palm Beach and from the Oval Office to treacherous Caribbean waters， Hawthorne will uncover a sinister network of well-placed men and women who exist to help this consummate killer—and the shattering truth behind the Scorpio Illusion.From the Paperback edition.