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Thriller · 2004 · PG-13

The Target

by David Baldacci

A North Korean bioweapons facility. Will Robie and Jessica Reel — now working together — must destroy it.

For14+GenreThrillerLength432 pagesRead time~12 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

A lot

Moderate-to-strong violence — a covert operation in North Korea; confrontations; the bioweapons threat

Language

Some

Moderate profanity

Sexual Content

Barely any

Mild — some adult situations

Substance Use

None

No meaningful substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

North Korea — the isolation and the surveillance; the bioweapon facility; Robie and Reel learning to trust each other

What this book is about

Will Robie and Jessica Reel are sent on a joint mission to take out a North Korean leader who is developing biological weapons. The mission involves penetrating one of the most isolated and surveilled nations on earth. The Target is the third Will Robie novel — the Robie/Reel partnership's first fully collaborative mission.

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North Korea setting — one of the world's most dangerous environments for operatives

A bioweapons threat

Third in the Will Robie series

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