The Lightning Rod d (Hardcover). Due to Limited Stock, Multi Copy Orders May be Reduced to 5 Copies Per Household. Click Here for the unsigned copy "Trust me, this is a terrific, compelling, unputdownable thriller. Lee ChildZig and Nola are back in the hugely entertaining, highly anticipated follow up to Brad Meltzer's #1 New York Times bestselling thriller The Escape Artist.Archie Mint has led a charmed life he's got a beautiful wife, two impressive kids, and a successful military career. When he's killed while trying to stop a robbery in his own home, his family is shattered and then shocked when the other shoe drops. Mint's charmed life, so perfect on the surface, held criminal secrets none of them could have imagined. While working on Mint's body before his funeral, mortician "Zig" Zigarowski discovers something he was never meant to see. That telling detail leads him to Dover Air Force Base, where he uncovers Mint's involvement in a top secret military unit and his connection to military artist Nola Brown. Two years ago, Nola saved Zig's life so he knows better than most that she's as volatile and dangerous as a bolt of lightning.Everyone wants to talk to Nola, but she's not cooperating and indeed doesn't want to be found. In order to track her down, Zig teams with Nola's long missing brother, who's just as combustible as she is. As they follow Nola's trail, they discover one of the U.S. government's most intensely guarded secrets an undisclosed military facility that dates back to the Cold War and holds the key to something far more sinister: a hidden group willing to compromise the very safety and security of America itself. Trouble always finds her...She's the lightning rod.