EPISODE 4 OF 8: In an effort to bring down Rolf Voigt, a transportation tycoon accused of drug trafficking, NBS agent Nicholas Clark travels from Cape Town to Algiers. Before a video of the Algerian prime minister's kidnapping turns up, Voigt is found innocent and his ships freed to leave. Nick's fellow Cape Town officer, Detective Jordan Stone, insists the two South African officers drop their investigation into Voigt. Suspicious of Stone's motives, and determined to stop The Syndicate from smuggling the prime minister out of Africa, Nick heads for Port 1206, the last port of call for one of Voigt's ships. There he discovers fellow NBS agent Paul Leclerc has been kidnapped as well. Can Nick rescue Paul, keeping the pact he made with his NBS recruits to save one another? Or will The Syndicate be the end of him first?Meanwhile Agent Felicity Wilson has managed to infiltrate The Syndicate. But her first assignment with the international crime organization puts her in a bind: recruiting fellow NBS agent, and computer programming genius, Leah Carlsson to join her for a top-secret project. Desperate to uncover the connection she's made between her birth father, and her NBS recruiter, Felicity enlists Leah's help in finding the answers she needs. But can she stay quiet about her secret mission long enough to stay out of harm's way?-- ABOUT THE SERIES: NBS agents are trained for one purpose: bringing down The Syndicate, an international crime organization aimed at profiteering by keeping countries at war with one another. When an NBS agent is murdered shortly before her first assignment, five new recruits quickly realize the agency they're working for may not be as trustworthy as it seems, forcing them to make a pact in order to survive. Can the new agents stay alive long enough to uncover the truth behind their fellow recruit's death? Or is finding answers hidden deep within both organizations tempting enough to make one of them break the pact?-- For fans of Robert Ludlum, THE BOURNE IDENTITY, John le Carré, THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, Daniel Silva, THE UNLIKELY SPY and HOMELAND.Christian Liberty Marshall is an Austrian-based writer, and musician with degrees from Vanderbilt University, and University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. When not performing as a violist, he can be found teaching at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, writing educational material for children, or translating German literature. His first serial novel, The Pact, is available in summer 2015.
