The Directive

A pulse-pounding thriller about two brothers, billions of dollars, and the heist of a lifetime by the author of the national bestseller The 500.

After escaping the corrupt back rooms of Washington, DC, Mike Ford is again playing a dangerous game—and this time the stakes are even higher. Mike’s brother is in over his head in a powerful conspiracy to steal a secret worth billions from the rarely understood, vitally important trading desk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Trying to bail his brother out, Mike quickly finds himself playing a dangerous game, trapped into planning the heist himself, forced to call on all the skills of his criminal past in order to escape. In this sharp, fast-paced sequel to The 500, Mike Ford again stars as the cunning and courageous former con man with a big heart, and Matthew Quirk confirms that he is one of the most exciting thriller writers at work today.

• Praise for THE 500:
  
  "Gripping...the action never lets up for a second, and the pages cannot be turned fast enough."
  ---Associated Press
  
• "This ripping yarn springs and snaps along like a row of wolf traps."
  ---Newsday
• "Quirk is such an expert in escalation that, like a frog in a pot of boiling water, you'll be done before you even realize it."
  Entertainment Weekly