The King of Plagues / Jonathan Maberry / 435 pages

"Sometimes a war is so big and yet so subtle that all you can hope to do is catch glimpses of it as it moves through your life."  "That's the nature of a terrorist organization" like the Seven Kings.  They "built the mystique of a secret society acting out the orders of the goddess, but by using elements of existing religions, they [are seen] as ancient, powerful, and mysterious."  They were behind the 9/11 attack and are now orchestrating events mimicking the 10 plagues of Exodus.  Captain Joe Ledger and his Echo team must use all their skill, cunning, and luck, to out think and out fight an evil group of movers and shakers who manipulate terror to profit from the world stock market.  Hair raising!!