A military espionage thriller set in the fractured aftermath of the Iraq invasion, where a manhunt in Baghdad and an engineered outbreak in New York point to the same impossible source. Bioweapon suspense with tradecraft, shifting loyalties and a conspiracy that spans continents.

The Battle for Iraq Was Over. The Real War Had Just Begun.

In the chaos of post-invasion Baghdad, former UK special forces operative Blake Harris stalks the streets hunting former regime members. After years undercover, he knows the city’s darkest corners, and he knows something lethal has slipped through the cracks.

When brilliant epidemiologist Dr Alice Bishop is called in to investigate a suspicious disease outbreak in New York, the evidence points to something engineered: a designer pathogen that shouldn't exist.

As Harris and Bishop race to identify its source, they become targets in a game of international espionage. From Baghdad’s bombed-out streets to the sterile laboratories of Iraq’s former weapons programme, they unearth a conspiracy reaching across continents, and a scientific breakthrough that was never meant to be found.

With insurgent attacks escalating and intelligence leaks compromising their mission, Harris and Bishop have one path left: follow the pathogen home, whoever it leads them to.

Shadow Vector is part of the Blake Harris thriller series, for readers who love military espionage, bioweapon conspiracies and post-war Iraq settings. Perfect for fans of Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton and Robert Ludlum.