First published 2016
A high-ranking Russian intelligence officer crosses over to the West, but he will only talk to one man: Kyle Swanson, the Marine sniper who once expelled him from Scout/Sniper School. The defector claims to possess explosive intelligence about the Russian President's plans to reclaim former Soviet territories. Swanson, now working as a CIA contractor, grows suspicious that Moscow is feeding them false information designed to provoke a military confrontation with NATO. When he begins investigating, the Russians retaliate by kidnapping Calico, his friend and the CIA station chief in Estonia. Swanson realizes he's chasing a sophisticated deception meant to deliver northern territory to Russia. Someone inside his own command structure is working against him, keeping him one step behind his targets. From Italy to the Arctic, Swanson pursues the truth while racing to save Calico. The mission culminates when he must make an impossible shot from a hundred miles away to stop the Russian plot.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation
Setting: Italy, Arctic, Estonia
Period: 21st-century
400 pages · ebook · Pan