"Alex Cross is gravely injured. Only his partner and friend John Sampson can keep him safe... and get him justice. For the first time, John Sampson is on his own. The brilliant crime-solving duo from Washington, DC's Metro PD and the FBI has proven MO: Detective Alex Cross makes his own rules. Detective John Sampson enforces them. When military-style attacks erupt, brutally sidelining Cross, Sampson is sent reeling. The patterns are too random, Sampson's friend, his partner, his brother, has told him. Don't trust anyone. As a shadow force advances on the nation's capital, Sampson alone must protect the Cross family, his own young daughter, and every American, including the president." - Cover.

Includes an excerpt from Cross out.