Aerosol — John Sager

In this, his tenth novel, author John Sager brings his readers back to the CIA's Moscow station, the venue with which he is most familiar. The Russian Federation has elected a new president, Rasim Kalugin. Within days of his inauguration, four children, offspring of Kremlin employees, mysteriously die while playing outside. Weeks later, there are more deaths. The Muslim terrorist organization, ISIS, claims responsibility for the deaths and threatens more of the same if the president ignores its demands. As the story unfolds, more deaths do happen and the pressure increases. The Muslims' demand: a new nation, divorced from the Russian Federation, from which ISIS can pursue its terrorist plans without interruption. With help of Russia's intelligence service, the Moscow station's assets eventually derail the ISIS plan but along the way others will perish. Finally, justice prevails but with an unexpected finalé.