The Group

A fast moving international thriller that pits a lone government operative, known as a hunter, against an unknown group of assassins who pose a worldwide threat.

Someone is killing off the world’s rich and famous.  The murders are sophisticated, requiring precision and skill.  The international community is in an uproar but has no leads in its attempt to find the assassins.  The victims were members of the Bilderberg Group, an international, loose knit group of the uber rich that meet annually.  While the attacks have not had a direct impact on the U.S.,  Theresa Deer, Director of the Special Section, a small unit whose existence is known by only a handful in the U.S. government, sees this new age League of Assassins as a national threat.  She sends her hunters out.  Clint Smith finds their trail Switzerland where his discovery almost leads to his own death.  The hunt leads him to Mallorca, Spain, where he witnesses a helicopter attack on a villa where a number of attendees from the Bilderberg conference were holding a follow-on meeting of their own.  Smith picks up the trail a couple weeks later in Las Vegas, NV, and in his hunt finds out that he is no longer the hunter.  He has become the prey.