First published 2017
Kyle Swanson attends a friend's funeral in Mexico when a terrorist detonates explosives at the graveside. The decorated former Marine gunnery sergeant barely escapes a grenade blast in Berlin the following week. Meanwhile, Congress receives briefings claiming Swanson has switched sides and his private contractor employer operates corruptly. The Agency pairs him with Luke Gibson, a skilled operative nearly matching Swanson's abilities, to track down Nicky Marks. This former CIA shooter now serves a mysterious figure called The Prince. Their investigation spans Afghanistan's poppy fields to Southeast Asian jungles and American cities. They discover The Prince controls a massive drug network using Agency aircraft for opium and heroin smuggling. Swanson recruits Beth Ledford, his dead friend's widow and former commando sharpshooter, who seeks personal vengeance. During a critical firefight, Swanson must choose which partner deserves his trust.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, action, mystery-thriller, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Afghanistan, Berlin, Mexico, Southeast Asia, United States
Period: 21st-century
301 pages · Kindle Edition · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: graphic-violence, violence