Omega

Jack Sigler, Callsign: King, field leader for a black ops organization known as Endgame, is accustomed to feeling capable of handling most any situation. It is a confidence forged in the fires of battle against both monsters and madmen. But the introduction of Asya, a sister he never knew existed, and the kidnapping of his parents has him reeling. Using Endgame& 019;s resources, King and his & 01C;Chess Team& 01D; (Queen, Rook, Bishop and Knight) scour the planet for his parents, tracking a man known to the world as Alexander Diotrephes, but known to King by another name. The legendary Hercules is alive, well and plotting something beyond imagining& 014;something that will affect two thousand years of history.& ; & ; While the team is spread thin, a masked man walks past their secret headquarters& 019; defenses, sits himself down in the director& 019;s chair and waits. When he& 019;s discovered by Endgame& 019;s coordinator, Tom Duncan, Callsign: Deep Blue, he& 019;s easy to identify& 014;Richard Ridley, the team& 019;s oldest and most dangerous enemy, who is supposed to be dead.& ; & ; But he isn& 019;t Ridley. He is a clone in search of his master, the real Ridley, who yet lives and is being held captive by the same man holding King& 019;s parents. Believing Ridley is the only one capable of stopping Alexander& 019;s plans, a temporary and tenuous alliance is formed, and Alexander& 019;s location is soon uncovered. The team, along with three clones, heads for a citadel buried beneath the ruins of ancient Carthage. Already in the area, King and Asya arrive first to find their parents and a staggering family secret that leads to the end of King& 019;s life as he knows it. The rest of the team arrives to find Richard Ridley free to act, an army of high-tech mercenaries bearing down on their location and evidence of their leader& 019;s demise.& ; & ; King is dead. Long live King.