[The Guardian 03] • The Fifth Doctrine

**_With her back against the wall, everything's on the line for Bianca St.

Ives. She's either going to save the world—or die trying._ **

It took one hell of an effort for the authorities to finally get the jump on

master manipulator Bianca St. Ives, but now that they have, it's far from the

capture she expected. Instead of taking her in, there's an offer on the table,

a one-shot deal that would allow Bianca to walk away scot-free as if they'd

never found her. And all she has to do is run one last mission—the kind she

might never return from. But if Bianca wants to go back to her normal life in

Savannah, it's not like she has a choice.

An intelligence operation is already under way in North Korea, one that's

poised to end the country's existing tyrannical regime for good. But first,

the U.S. needs one of their own to go undercover as the female hacker who

recently stole top secret intel from NORAD. Enter Bianca. After everything

she's seen, Bianca knows feeding fake information directly into the belly of

the beast is about as dangerous as it gets. It could mean torture or endless

imprisonment—assuming she survives. But it might also ignite the kind of chaos

that forces a revolution. It might just change the world. Besides, if Bianca

has to go down, she's gonna go down swinging...