Robert Ludlum’s Moscow vector. Patrick Larkin. 2005.

Determined to rebuild their shattered empire, Russia’s increasingly authoritarian leaders are preparing a lightning military strike - a blitzkrieg campaign destined to rrun the Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and several of the other Central Asian republics before the West can intervene. To succeed in this bold and risky enterprise however, the Russians must first sow confusion and fear in the ranks  of their enemies, weakening their intelligence agencies, military command structures and civilian leadership. With that in mind, they turn to Konstantin Malkovic - one of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful men and the one person who can provide them with the means to achieve their ends.

Malkovic has control over a newly developed, highly advanced and genetically keyed bioweapon. Undetectable, unstoppable and incurable, HYDRA is the perfect assassin’s tool. Those marked for death will fall prey to terrible fevers, the rapid wasting of bone and muscle tissue, severe anemia and the systemic failure of vital organs. Created using a microscopic strand of each victim’s own DNA, it is the ultimate precision-guided silent killer.

Only Lieutenant Colonel Jon Smith and his Covert One operatives can stop this murderous conspiracy and thwart the Kremlin’s bid to restore Russia to her former power……..