The Burning State: One Strike Changed the World. Now the Fire Has No Borders

When a covert intelligence breakthrough exposes a hidden route into the heart of Iran’s ruling regime, CIA operative Jack Copeland and Elisabeth Young are sent into Tehran to uncover the truth before it disappears. What they find gives Washington and Jerusalem the one chance they may ever have to strike at Ayatollah Reza Sadeghi — and the result sets the Middle East on fire.

As missiles fall, alliances fracture, and a ruthless survivor rises from the ruins to lead Iran’s revenge.

Copeland and Elisabeth must escape a collapsing city and face the consequences of the intelligence they delivered. In a world of hidden routes, shifting loyalties and relentless retaliation, killing one dictator may have unleashed something much worse.