Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan : desert fallout

The discovery of deadly biological poisons and mass slaughter at an archaeological dig in Egypt puts a previously hidden enemy in Bolan's crosshairs. It begins hot, fast and bloody as Bolan unearths a mysterious pretender to the Egyptian throne who is harnessing the bloodlust of terrorist groups to launch a Middle East endgame. Playing all factions— Muslim, Jewish and Christian—against the others, the self-proclaimed Eternal Pharaoh has the ambition and the army to unleash a storm of violence in the region that promises all-out war. This dark enemy and his predecessors have sown the seeds of their magnificent coup for generations, but never anticipated an enemy so righteous in his fury—a relentless, implacable hunter called the Executioner. Neither of us have what we want,” Bolan saidMasozi tilted his head. “What do you mean?”“Mubarak had a weapons stash that he was parceling out to us,” Bolan stated. “We want our gear.”The Shabaab leader turned to Kamau. “Does this sound like a good idea?”“I’m just in this to get some payback. Those were my men murdered by the sneaky bastard.”Bolan realized that something bigger had just replaced his mission to destroy the Shabaab militia under Masozi. Something dark and ominous threatened more than just the shipping lanes around the Horn of Africa.The incinerated remains of jars full of ricin seed, buried in the collapsed storeroom, were the portent of an apocalyptic threat....