The Deserter

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* An ΓÇ£outstandingΓÇ¥ (Publishers Weekly,starred review) blistering thriller featuring a brilliant and unorthodox Army investigatorhis enigmatic female partnerand their hunt for the ArmyΓÇÖs most notoriousΓÇöand dangerousΓÇödeserter from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille. When Captain Kyle Mercer of the ArmyΓÇÖs elite Delta Force disappeared from his post in Afghanistana 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 MercerΓÇÖs 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 CaracasVenezuelaby an old Army buddytop military brass task Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor of the Criminal Investigation Division to fly to Venezuela and bring Mercer back to AmericaΓÇöpreferably alive. Brodie knows this is a difficult missionmade more difficult by his new partnerΓÇÖs inexperienceby their undeniable chemistryand by BrodieΓÇÖs suspicion that Maggie Taylor is reporting to the CIA. With ripped-from-the-headlines appealan exotic and dangerous localeand the hairpin twists and inimitable humor that are signature DeMilleThe 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 sonaward-winning screenwriter Alex DeMille.