Patterson, James and Michael Ledwidge

"A crime lord is on the loose -- and he's declared war on Detective Michael Bennett's family. Manuel Perrine doesn't fear anyone or anything. A ruthless Mexican strongman, he slaughters rivals as effortlessly as he wears his trademark white linen suits. Detective Michael Bennett is the only U.S. official ever to succeed in putting Perrine behind bars. But now Perrine is out -- and vows to kill Bennett and everyone dear to him. Bennett and his ten children are living on a secluded California farm, guarded by the FBI's witness protection program. Soon Perrine begins a campaign of assassinations, brazenly slaughtering powerful individuals across the country. The FBI has no clue where Perrine is hiding or how he is orchestrating his attacks. Now to fight Perrine's war on America, Bennett must risk it all - his career, his family, his own life."--back cover.

As coordinated attacks by animals against humans increase and escalate, young biologist Jackson Oz and ecologist Chloe Tousignant warn world leaders that soon there will be nowhere left for humans. All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. Oz watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of the violence to come becomes terrifyingly clear. The attacks are growing in ferocity, cunning, and planning, and soon there will be no place for humans to hide.

A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York -- including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real killer's crimes. Nina's secret life began nineteen years ago. In beautiful Key West, she had looks to die for, a handsome police-officer husband, and a baby on the way. Yet Nina's happy world was shattered when she unearthed a terrible secret that forced her to run for her life and change her identity. Now, years later, Nina must risk everything to return to Florida -- and confront a murderous evil that will not let her go.

Detective Michael Bennett takes his family to upstate New York in an effort to escape a lawless crime wave erupting in Manhattan only to find themselves immersed in another nightmare, one that endangers his relationship with his wife.