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2:17: A Tess Prescott Thriller
At 2:17 a.m., a crane falls at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, and three longshoremen die.
FBI Special Agent Tess Prescott has spent six years at a desk reading other people's paper—manifests, seals, broker stamps. They call her the Librarian. She is also the agent who initialed the bulletin about four sailors who walked off the ship that carried the bomb. Now one of those sailors is the only man trying to stop what comes an Israeli with no visa, no name he'll give, and a habit of counting everything.
The claim says eco-radicals. The money says otherwise. A synagogue is attacked. A sniper fires into both sides of a protest. A deepfake hangs a city councilwoman. And the paper trail runs straight through her father's Thursday-night poker table.
On the Fourth of July, beneath the Statue of Liberty, America and a broken Europe will sign the pact that might save them both.
Someone has planned for that, too.
Book One of the Tess Prescott thrillers — from the world of The Transparent Guard. No prior reading required.
FBI Special Agent Tess Prescott has spent six years at a desk reading other people's paper—manifests, seals, broker stamps. They call her the Librarian. She is also the agent who initialed the bulletin about four sailors who walked off the ship that carried the bomb. Now one of those sailors is the only man trying to stop what comes an Israeli with no visa, no name he'll give, and a habit of counting everything.
The claim says eco-radicals. The money says otherwise. A synagogue is attacked. A sniper fires into both sides of a protest. A deepfake hangs a city councilwoman. And the paper trail runs straight through her father's Thursday-night poker table.
On the Fourth of July, beneath the Statue of Liberty, America and a broken Europe will sign the pact that might save them both.
Someone has planned for that, too.
Book One of the Tess Prescott thrillers — from the world of The Transparent Guard. No prior reading required.
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Published October 13, 2026
About the author
T.A. Roth
14 books113 followersI am a wife, and mother of two funny and crazy kids. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. When I’m not beautifying my clients as a stylist/makeup-artist at my day job you can find me reading, fangirling my favorite authors, or singing along to the radio. A year ago, I got the opportunity to read the debut novel of a then client, now friend, and something clicked. My “what the hell” attitude kicked in and a year later, here I am.
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