John Evans

Boone learns about the Resistance while pursuing an assassin and agrees to accept the job offered by the Companions.

When an old friend of Sydney's is framed for the theft of the legendary diamond of Thutmose III, she and Nigel rush to his aid, only to discover that the diamond is not really what it seems.

Boone enlists the help of a brilliant computer hacker to find his wife's murderer, all the while making both sides leery of his obsessive search.

When his mission to Mars is cancelled by the Taelons, Lili's friend steals her shuttle and, with Boone and Augur's help, flies there anyway.

Earth is visited by an alien race, the Taelons, who claim they want to share their knowledge with mankind. The last of an alien criminal caste runs rampant on Earth.