*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
An "outstanding" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) blistering
thriller featuring a brilliant and unorthodox Army investigator, his
enigmatic female partner, and their hunt for the Army's most
notorious--and dangerous--deserter from #1 New York Times bestselling
author Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille.
When Captain Kyle Mercer of the Army's elite Delta Force disappeared
from his post in Afghanistan, a video released by his Taliban captors
made international headlines. But circumstances were murky: Did Mercer
desert before he was captured? Then a second video sent to Mercer's Army
commanders leaves no doubt: the trained assassin and keeper of
classified Army intelligence has willfully disappeared.
When Mercer is spotted a year later in Caracas, Venezuela, by an old
Army buddy, top military brass task Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor of
the Criminal Investigation Division to fly to Venezuela and bring Mercer
back to America--preferably alive. Brodie knows this is a difficult
mission, made more difficult by his new partner's inexperience, by their
undeniable chemistry, and by Brodie's suspicion that Maggie Taylor is
reporting to the CIA.
With ripped-from-the-headlines appeal, an exotic and dangerous locale,
and the hairpin twists and inimitable humor that are signature DeMille,
The Deserter is the first in a timely and thrilling new series from an
unbeatable team of True Masters: the #1 New York Times bestseller
Nelson DeMille and his son, award-winning screenwriter Alex DeMille.
