The Painter

THE PAINTER

Blue Collar Assassins - Book Five
By Max Myllan

She was trained to hunt terrorists. Now the terrorists are hunting her.

Ursula Lindström was never destined for an ordinary life.

The granddaughter of a Jewish Holocaust survivor, raised in Sweden by an internationally celebrated supermodel, Ursula possessed extraordinary intelligence, breathtaking artistic talent, and the instincts of a warrior.

At eighteen, she left Sweden for Israel, determined to honor her family's history. She joined the Israeli Defense Forces, distinguished herself as a military officer, and ultimately entered the shadowy world of Mossad.

Fluent in multiple languages and trained in intelligence operations, Ursula became one of Israel's formidable undercover operatives. Her greatest achievement came when she infiltrated an international arms-trafficking network supplying deadly weapons to terrorist organizations.

Her operation brought powerful criminals to justice.

But justice came with a price.

Targeted for revenge, Ursula abandoned her intelligence career, assumed a new identity, and disappeared into the breathtaking landscape of Santa Fe, New Mexico. There, inspired by the legendary Georgia O'Keeffe, she hoped to exchange weapons for paintbrushes and the violence of her past for the beauty of art.

She also found something she never expected: love.

Dr. Henrik Larsson, a Swedish-born orthopedic surgeon, offered Ursula the possibility of happiness and a future free from fear.

Then her past found her.

A ruthless terrorist organization known as Al-Ghad al-Arabi - The Arab Tomorrow kidnaps Ursula and Henrik, demanding an astronomical ransom for their release.

But the terrorists have no intention of keeping their promises.

With time running out and two innocent lives hanging in the balance, Ursula reaches out to the one man she trusts above all others: her twin brother, Lucas Lindström.

Lucas is no ordinary man. A decorated former Marine colonel and master mason, he belongs to an extraordinary family of warriors, craftsmen, and men who have spent their lives confronting evil.

Together with their father, their brothers, and a formidable team of former military and intelligence professionals, Lucas launches a desperate mission to find the missing couple.

What begins as a kidnapping investigation becomes a dangerous confrontation with an international terrorist network, a mysterious painting, and secrets buried deep within the family's past.

The enemy has weapons, money, and an army of killers.

Ursula has something far more dangerous.

A family that refuses to leave anyone behind.

From the intelligence battlegrounds of the Middle East to the magnificent deserts of the American Southwest, THE PAINTER delivers explosive action, international intrigue, betrayal, romance, and the unbreakable bonds of family.

Five books. Five extraordinary lives. One unforgettable conclusion.

THE PAINTER is the thrilling finale of Max Myllan's BLUE COLLAR ASSASSINS series, where loyalty is sacred, justice has a price, and family is worth fighting for.