Soft Target

Ten thousand people jam the aisles, the corridors, the elevators, and the escalators of America, the Malla giant Rubiks Cube of a structure with its own amusement park located in the spacious center atrium. Of those people, nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight have come to shop.The other twelve have come to kill.Ray Cruz, one of the heroes of Hunters last bestseller, Dead Zero, is in the mall with his fiance and her family. The retired Marine sniper thought he was done with stalking and killingbut among the trapped thousands, hes the only one with a plan and the guts to confront the self-proclaimed Brigade Mumbai. Now all he needs is a gun.FBI Sniper Dave McElroy has a gun. But positioned on the roof of the vast building and without explosives or fusesor the go-ahead from his superiorshe is cut off from his targets and forced into the role of witness to the horror unfolding below.Having learned the lessons of Columbine, the feds believe that immediate action is the only solution. But Douglas Obobo, the charismatic and ambitious commandant of the state police, orders cooperation, tolerance, communication, and empathy for the gunmen. He feels that with his superior negotiating skills, he can make contact with the shooters and gently nudge them into surrender. But what if their goal all along has been unparalleled massacreand theyre only waiting for prime time?