"As Katrina Leonidivna and Alec Flanagan acclimate to the stress of new parenthood—only marginally easier than thwarting international terrorism—the rest of the Dangerous Clique team stares down middle age, yearning for a saner balance between home life and hunting down threats to the innocent. For the first time, the Clique has even endeavored to pluck some talented new recruits from the CIA’s training ground to join their rambunctious, officially unacknowledged ranks. But deep down, the team worries that no one is as capable of bringing the world’s notorious bad guys to justice as they are."