Wanted to like this book, but I could not see how the main characters would ever interact with each other to make a likable team, and they never did. And the weird occasional attempt at sexual tension (all on the behalf of the male character) fell flat. Had a hard time keeping my interest and normally I love this genre.

This is the entire book: Kyle and Taylor go to Caracas, they find a strip club with info where Kyle is, travel to the jungle, steal a boat to go down a river, find Kyle but Scott and Taylor become prisoner, they escape as prisoner and take Kyle as prisoner instead, all 3 go back down river to an airstrip where Kyle and Worley kill each other. The end. The writing was good but the book could have been cut in half, and then expanded upon. It would have been nice to see Scott and Taylor find Kyle and then help get Kyle justice for what happened to him. It just felt the whole story was a lot of looking around and snooping in a poor country just for two guys to get killed and then the story ends abruptly and we get no closure.

This book starts slow. Too much talking. But then takes off it is really good.

This is a superb book, great character development and story line.. Could not put it down, finished it in 2 very late nights. Best I have read this year.Look forward to Blood Lines.

Kept me guessing the whole way

I read 4 of his novels in a few days, the were great. I’m glad I did not read this first. Slow predicable story line. Not his best work

Boring

Kyle Mercer former Delta Operative now labeled as a deserter. He was ordered to eliminate all of the villagers by a CIA operative Colonel. He told the colonel he could no longer do this type of operation. The Colonel told him a lot of his men disagreed with his decision. A lie. He deserted for all the right reasons. An excellent read!! Enjoyed immensely!!

1300 pages of build up and a 2 page finale. Fun story with a lot of twists and turns but the ending….. not so good!

Another tale of the cost of war. If I didn’t know better, I would say Mr. DeMille is a pacifist. The troops are now home from the Middle East but the men and women who fought there, who tried to overcome the medieval religious beliefs that the Taliban enforced upon the population, they have left parts of their souls behind. This is the story of one such soldier and the team of CID investigators whose mission it was to bring him home to face military justice. The author dives into US policy in third world nations. The setting is Venezuela with its huge oil reserves and crumbled economy. A great read and pertinent now more then ever.