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The Ninth Hand
Paperback
Publisher: Murphy
Published: Apr 11 2026
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The greatest threat is not an invading army. It's the truth, engineered to fail.
Elise De Smet has spent her career fighting the chaos in the corridors of power. She knows the difference between bureaucratic noise and genuine danger. But when the modern world becomes the battleground-when critical infrastructure, financial markets, and national borders are all targets-she finds herself completely outmatched.
After a sabotage attack cripples a vital offshore wind farm, Elise is thrown into a deep conspiracy. The first act of defiance leads to more. Sabotage follows sabotage-a crippling attack on a global port. A disinformation campaign threatens to plunge an entire continent into war.
As the lines between state intelligence, shadowy foreign operatives, and desperate citizens blur, Elise must unravel a web of deception woven by a charismatic, political master-a man who believes that to truly save Europe, the continent must first break.
Trapped between the monolithic inertia of her own government and the terrifying reach of international villains, Elise must perform a series of impossible maneuvers: leaking classified intelligence to force action, compromising her own moral compass to survive, and fighting a battle on two fronts-against a master manipulator, and against the very system that swore to protect her.
If the truth is weaponized, who will be the first casualty?
In The Ninth Hand, discover a conspiracy where every single assumption is a lie, every ally is compromised, and the only thing certain is that the battle for the soul of Europe has just begun.
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