With Diplomatic Immunity , Grant Sutherland exploded onto the literary scene as one of the most original new authors of international suspense. Now, in his new novel of conspiracy, conscience, and terrifying deception--a novel stretching from the upheaval of the Gulf War to the inner secrets of the current Pentagon--a desperate man struggles to survive a battle for the truth...a battle without any rules except one: win or die.
It wasn’t just a war we were fighting out there in the Gulf; the truth is we were joined in battle against the weapons of every major arms manufacturing country on earth--including our own.
Captain Ned Rourke of the U.S. Rangers always expected war to be hell, but he never imagined that his men would be cut down in the Gulf War with weapons created by his own country. Disillusioned, betrayed, and looking for justice, he’s determined to find those responsible and make them pay the price. But to do so, he’ll have to work undercover as a marketing manager for Haplon Systems, an arms trader skirting the decrees of international law. Forced to live a double life, Rourke knows he is risking something more important than justice: the trust of his wife and son. And when his friend Dimitri Spandos, a former West Point classmate now working for Haplon’s biggest competitor, is discovered shot to death at an arms fair, Rourke knows that he’s entered a world as dangerous as any battlefield. Haplon’s latest deal--to ship a massive quantity of arms to an unnamed African country--is clearly worth killing for, but can Rourke discover who’s really behind it before his marriage is destroyed...and he ends up with a bullet in the head?
The more Rourke learns, the closer he gets to a conspiracy reaching from the killing fields of West Africa to the upper echelons of the Pentagon, and a deadly cover-up that someone intended Dimitri Spandos to take to his grave. But Rourke is now fighting in a war where an ally can become an enemy in the blink of an eye, where no flags or uniforms mark sides--and where knowing the truth could be a sentence of death. If he and his family are going to survive, he’s going to have to throw away the rule book, put his principles aside, and prepare to get blood on his hands once again.
From the Hardcover edition.
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评分这部作品的叙事手法实在令人着迷,作者似乎拥有一种魔力,能将最寻常的场景描绘得如同史诗般壮阔。我尤其欣赏他对于人物内心世界的细腻刻画,那种潜藏在角色日常言行之下的复杂情感波澜,被挖掘得淋漓尽致。读到某些段落时,我甚至能清晰地感受到角色们在面临抉择时的那种撕裂感和挣扎,仿佛自己也置身于那个充满张力的情境之中。文字的节奏感把握得恰到好处,时而如同急促的鼓点,将情节推向高潮,时而又放缓为悠扬的慢板,留给人充分的时间去品味那些微妙的情绪变化和环境细节。整体而言,它构建了一个极为立体且富有层次感的阅读体验,让我愿意一页一页地追随着笔触,深入到故事的肌理之中,探寻隐藏在表象之下的真谛。那种阅读后久久不能散去的余韵,正是优秀文学作品的标志,让人忍不住想要立刻翻回开头,重新审视那些初读时可能忽略掉的伏笔和暗示。
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