Into the vacuum of power caused by the collapse of Soviet Russia, a war in the shadows plays out; espionage and intelligence are the tools of political intrigue, and every action hero in service to his country is determined to lay his hands on the prize: an incalculably powerful weapon of biological warfare. This explosive spy thriller begins on the shores of Oman, where Stryker, an American detective, interrupts a squad of Russian Special Forces trying to contain a shipwreck spill of a deadly toxic pathogen. Thus thrown into a world of espionage and intelligence, Stryker finds himself face to face with an old friend - whose father just happens to be in charge of the UK's lead research facility on biochemical weapons. But when the trail leads him to Dr Grachev, a scientist formerly of Soviet Russia whose work specialised in biological warfare, he gets drawn ever further into an international war in the shadows. Someone has found out that Dr Grachev has made a deal to trade the formula for his biogenic superweapon to the British in return for asylum, and if it falls into the wrong hands, the fate of the entire planet could be in jeopardy. A fast paced spy thriller where political intrigue meets action hero, 'Stryker's House of Spies' will keep you reading until the very end.