As shocking as todays headlines this internationally bestselling thrillerplunges readers into the revelation of a terrifying conspiracy that begins witha sniper... » 

As shocking as todays headlines this internationally bestselling thrillerplunges readers into the revelation of a terrifying conspiracy that begins witha snipers bullet on a routine patrol in Iraq...and leads all the way back tothe White Housewhere the ultimate betrayal of trust is being played out....Amid the dust death and chaos of Iraq an American soldier on a routinepatrol is killed by an unseen enemy. Its a tragedy but not a crimeuntil itslinked to the bizarre death of a decorated fourstar general who happens to bethe dead mans father...and the soninlaw of historys most feared andpowerful U.S. vice president. Major Vin Cooper of Air Force SpecialInvestigations is the kind of loose cannon no commanding officer can completelycontrol...or survive without. Coopers a man whose capacity to absorb grief ismatched only by his ability to dish it out. And this casewhich will be eitherhis most important or his lasthas plenty of both. Scarred by battle and arecent divorce Cooper answers to no one but his own toughasnails femalegeneral. She knows theres no one as relentless as insubordinate and aseffective in prying out the truth as Cooperno matter where it leads or who itangers. Reluctantly paired with Special Agent Anna Masters Cooper begins hissearch at the scene of a suspicious crash at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.There they uncover a trail of inexplicable accidental deaths that leads fromthe wartorn streets of Baghdad to sex slavery in Latvia and a marriage thatbegan in the White House Rose Garden and disintegrated into bitterness andinfidelity. And with every step they take Cooper and Masters come closer tothe shockingtruth about the biggest and most murderous lie of all. From theHardcover edition. «