SummaryWith Diplomatic Immunity, Grant Sutherland exploded onto
the literary scene as one of the most original new authors
of international suspense. Now, in his new novel of
conspiracy, conscience, and terrifying deception--a novel
stretching from the upheaval of the Gulf War to the inner
secrets of the current Pentagon--a desperate man struggles
to survive a battle for the truth...a battle without any
rules except one: win or die. It wasn't just a war we were fighting out there in the
Gulf; the truth is we were joined in battle against the
weapons of every major arms manufacturing country on earth--
including our own. Captain Ned Rourke of the U.S. Rangers always expected war
to be hell, but he never imagined that his men would be cut
down in the Gulf War with weapons created by his own
country. Disillusioned, betrayed, and looking for justice,
he's determined to find those responsible and make them pay
the price. But to do so, he'll have to work undercover as a
marketing manager for Haplon Systems, an arms trader
skirting the decrees of international law. Forced to live a
double life, Rourke knows he is risking something more
important than justice: the trust of his wife and son. And
when his friend Dimitri Spandos, a former West Point
classmate now working for Haplon's biggest competitor, is
discovered shot to death at an arms fair, Rourke knows that
he's entered a world as dangerous as any battlefield.
Haplon's latest deal--to ship a massive quantity of arms to
an unnamed African country--is clearly worth killing for,
but can Rourke discover who's really behind it before his
marriage is destroyed...and he ends up with a bullet in the
head? The more Rourke learns, the closer he gets to a conspiracy
reaching from the killing fields of West Africa to the
upper echelons of the Pentagon, and a deadly cover-up that
someone intended Dimitri Spandos to take to his grave. But
Rourke is now fighting in a war where an ally can become an
enemy in the blink of an eye, where no flags or uniforms
mark sides--and where knowing the truth could be a sentence
of death. If he and his family are going to survive, he's
going to have to throw away the rule book, put his
principles aside, and prepare to get blood on his hands
once again.
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