With an extremely thrilling novel by Stephen Murray – Hanna Blade, readers follow a young woman whose pursuit of justice takes her across continents, makes her shift identities, and make her discover the hidden world of covert operations. What begins in the devastated streets of Osaka evolves into a meticulously executed mission that winds through New York and ultimately culminates in Miami, where the final confrontation takes place. Hanna’s journey is not only physical-it is psychological, cultural, and deeply connected with the legacy of a family that was brutally murdered and destroyed by corruption. In this case a quest for justice becomes the driving force of a high-stakes narrative that unfolds with precision and unstoppable resolve.
The story begins in Japan, where eleven-year-old Noriko Ajiro is witness to the brutal murders of her parents at the hands of three covert operatives acting on corrupted intelligence: Anthony, Frank, and Daryl. Her father, Akira Ajiro, a deep-undercover operative embedded within criminal operations, is wrongfully identified as a threat due to manipulated data. The black-ops raid which ensues leaves Noriko orphaned, fleeing for her life, and initiates a global odyssey that one day will lead to the dismantling of the men who have shattered her world.
Her extraction out of Japan is across the ocean under a forged identity prepared by her father: Hanna Parker. Alone and traumatized, she seeks refuge in a library in New York. Everything changes in an instant, with the chance encounter with Anton, a former intelligence operative. His instincts tell him the danger surrounding her. Along with Susan and Joseph, he provided Hanna with safety, structure, and stability-the things that would have helped her to survive. But as she grew, the truth she carried began to demand action.
When Hanna finally lays hands on her father’s encrypted notebooks and the intelligence he left behind, her journey reaches a whole new dimension. Her incredible memory lets her unlock the information that exposes the full extent of the corruption responsible for her parents’ death. The men behind the raid are not faceless operatives-they are Daryl, Frank, and Anthony, each with layers of secrecy and power that protects them. No legal system can reach them. Justice, therefore, must be taken and not requested.
The first reckoning is when Hanna kills Daryl with calculated control, marking the beginning of her global pursuit. It is a mission without chaos but one of discipline and precision-the same instilled in her by Anton through all those years of training. The second target, Frank, necessitates sophisticated surveillance and intelligence strategies. Hanna and her allies use GPS trackers, observational tactics, and planning methods from the world of covert operatives, showing just how well she has mastered the world that once hunted her
It is her journey to Miami, however, that becomes the defining stage of her mission. Knowing Anthony is the architect of the raid that destroyed her family, Hanna adopts the alias Morgan Carter and travels across the country with one thing on her mind. She strategically embeds herself into environments that give her proximity to Anthony in Miami. Her actions are rehearsed, calculated, and executed with the disciplined mindset of someone carrying out a high-stakes operation. Stephen Murray offers his readers a striking portrayal of a woman who crosses continents to reclaim justice from behind the shadows. It is a tale of the resilience of the human spirit and the power of a mission forged in the heart through loss, legacy, and unshakeable resolve.
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