“[G] ripped me from the first chapter”—cover page.
“MM good book reviews”—cover page.
“In Afghanistan, all the easy answers are wrong and the best-laid plans don’t stand a chance. A tight-knit band of USMC scout-snipers, enraged when one of their number murders another, is hell-bent on seeing justice. They kidnap Zarak Momand, a burnt-out navy hospital corpsman, and blackmail him to be their guide into Momand land and to find a loophole in Nanawatai, the Afghan code of hospitality. They don’t tell him their target—a deserter—murdered Zarak’s estranged baby brother…”—back cover.