Torture. Ghost detainees. And a massive cover-up that continues even today.
This is the propulsive thriller that only former CIA operative turned bestselling novelist Barry Eisler could write.
Marooned in a Manila jail after a bar fight fatality, black ops soldier Ben Treven gets a visit from his former commander, Colonel Scott Horton, who explains the price of Benβs release: Find and eliminate Daniel Larison, a rogue operator from Benβs unit who has stolen ninety-two torture tapes from the CIA and is using them to blackmail the U.S. government.
But other players are after the tapes, too, and to find Larison, Ben will have to survive CIA hit teams, Blackwater mercenaries, and the long reach of the White House. Heβll also have to find a way to handle Paula Lanier, a smart, sexy FBI agent who has her own reasons for wanting the tapes and is determined to get them before Ben does. With the stakes this high, everyone has an angleβeveryone but Ben, who will have to find the right alliance if he wants to stay alive.
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