This instant New York Times bestseller and "outstanding"
(Publishers Weekly, starred review) thriller features a brilliant and
unorthodox Army investigator, his enigmatic female partner, and their
hunt for the Army's most notorious--and dangerous--deserter.
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 disappeared.
When Mercer is spotted a year later in Caracas, Venezuela, top military
brass task Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor of the Criminal Investigation
Division to 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.
