by Ric Prado
First published 2025
The fundamentalist leader has returned to Daristan with an army of believers, and the NATO counterinsurgency is crumbling. Windsor Kraft Strategies operates in the shadows of American foreign policy, deploying Special Mission Troops staffed by former military operators and intelligence specialists. Their team props up a skeleton force of international peacekeepers and local guerilla units as coalition governments prepare hasty exit strategies. The insurgent offensive gains momentum while a hidden enemy stalks Windsor Kraft's operatives from behind. The company scrambles to evacuate clients as violence spreads across the failing nation. Time runs short and the country collapses around them. The Special Mission Troops must decide between completing their mission or saving themselves. Their government employers may abandon them in hostile territory. Fire and close combat await those who choose to hold the line.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, suspense, action, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Daristan, NATO
Period: 21st-century
368 pages · Paperback · Caribou Media Group
Content warnings: graphic-violence, violence