Pierce Hunt has been fired by the DEA (In the
previous book). He went off the rails in response to a cartel's kidnapping his
daughter and her friend. Despite a successful resolution, his daughter is still
seriously shook up. Doesn't help that Hunt was helped out by the daughter of
the Garcia cartel's boss.
Hunt and Anna Garcia have since become an item as she makes the steady move to
legitimize the Garcia's business. Some underlings, still loyal to daddy
Garcia's criminal ways, don't like the direction taken by Anna and are plotting
to return things to the way they were. And they have a new product. A
heroin-derivative that promises performance enhancing effects. Local Florida
high school football players are turning up critically incapacitated or dead.
Including the star QB of the high school where Hunt's daughter attends.
Hunt and his team weren't unemployed for long. As soon as the President
demanded Hunt's head (previous book), the DEA quietly hired the team as
contractors. Tracing that heroin-derivative back to Afghanistan takes Hunt's
team to the small villages that is the source of the unique variant of poppy.
Anna is dealing with her disloyal younger brother who is trying to kill her.
When it turns out that the old Garcia distribution network is where this new
drug has hit Florida, the DEA then tells her to stop the subversive network or
all previously promised protections will cease immediately. After
Afghanistan, Hunt heads back to the US before being inserted into Venezuela before
finally returning back to Tampa to help Anna deal with her brother.
Gervais' reputation is that of a quality thriller/action author whose pre-literary
life dealt with the military, intelligence, and law enforcement. He knows of
what he writes. Earlier books of his have been reviewed here. What ensues is a
highly believable and realistic presentation of the investigation and
subsequent battles. Good old testosterone-based thriller. Doubt many women will
pick this up. Need a suggestion for a holiday gift for the (male) reader in
your life? This would be a good place to start.
Available November 2019.
East Coast Don
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