{"product_id":"last-controller-by-nathan-best-9781923720473","title":"Last Controller","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomeone is hunting the hunters.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Taipan Organisation has carried out the missions governments cannot. Invisible. Untouchable. Unmatched. Until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the organisation's covert Controllers begin turning up dead across Europe and the Middle East, Taipan realises it isn't facing a rival contract — it's facing extinction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBehind the killings is Kulak, a powerful Russian private military company locked in a decades-old shadow war with Taipan. Leading the hunt is Rainer Toussaint, a relentless assassin with one final objective: destroy Taipan's command network, then settle an old score with Damien Hunter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnly one Controller remains. Lose him, and the organisation loses its eyes, ears and command.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHidden inside a covert operations centre in northern Iraq, Hudson Blake has become the most valuable man in the organisation, and the most hunted. Damien Hunter and the battle-hardened operators of Taipan 16 are sent to keep him alive. Instead, they find themselves fighting a war that stretches across Iraq and into Iran, where betrayal, private armies, drones, tanks and air strikes collide in a relentless race against time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs old enemies close in and the body count rises, Damien is forced to confront an impossible choice: rescue the man who holds Taipan together or kill him before he falls into enemy hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first time, the mission isn't the contract. It's the survival of the organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The book detonates straight into high-octane action and never lets up.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n— Brent Towns, author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A must-read for fans of gritty, military action thrillers.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n— Ross Sidor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The tactics are straight off the battlefield…'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n— Tim Slee (author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67633520771308,"sku":"9781923720473","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781923720473-last-controller-1.jpg?v=1791163921","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/last-controller-by-nathan-best-9781923720473","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}