Fail Safe

Jericho Quinn, Air Force veteran, special agent, and combat rescue officer highly adept in professional kills, is back. This time, he’s America’s only defense as he unearths a devastating plot rooted in the Pacific Islands and triggered for an extreme endgame.

Jericho Quinn’s countersurveillance order: protect Nora Saito, a Japanese-American tech billionaire whose advancements in AI weaponry makes her a key player in US defense strategies—and a target. Then three potential assassins, their bodies virtual canvases of intricate tattoos, are taken out. Quinn and his team think yakuza and that this mission reaches well beyond the mountains of Alberta.

In Tokyo, Ogura Kojiro holds sway as a nationalist Japanes yakuza boss with a vision: break the US stranglehold on Japan and return his nation to its pre-WWII imperial glory. His companion is an enigmatic tattoo artist named Momo said to divine the future in needles and ink. She sees it Ogura’s extremist goal to rid Japan of American influence forever. The cataclysmic plan has already been set in motion.

In Ogura’s shadow is Quinn, wending his way through the dangerous tattoo parlors and bars of Tokyo’s red light district in search of answers. But he’s not the only one tracking Ogura. And Oguro isn’t Quinn’s only threat. From Tokyo to Saipan, and across the Pacific, Quinn and his team are up against ruthless new adversaries—and even old friends—to stop a madman before his fanatical dreams become America’s worst nightmare.

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• Typically 800-1000+ pages
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The choice between these formats often depends on personal preference, budget, and collecting goals. Omnibus and OHC editions offer larger artwork and more content but at a higher price, while TPs provide a more affordable way to collect complete story arcs