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Synopsis
The Central Intelligence Agency is under attack, and so is its top field operative, Kyle Swanson. The highly decorated former Marine Corps gunnery sergeant is attending the funeral of a friend when a terrorist blows up the grave. A week later, he narrowly survives a grenade attack in Berlin. In Washington, Congress is being told that Swanson has been turned, his private employer is corrupt, and the Agency itself cannot be trusted. Swanson is assigned to find the root of the problem and is partnered up with Luke Gibson, a skilled operative rated as being almost as good as Swanson.
They are looking for assassin Nicky Marks, who also was a CIA shooter but now works for a shadowy power broker known as The Prince. But before Kyle and Luke can eliminate the threat, they must identify and find the man who wants them dead. That takes them from the pink poppy fields of Afghanistan to the jungles of Southeast Asia and the streets of America as they learn that the Prince is the ruthless kingpin of a global drug empire that uses CIA planes to transport opium and heroin. Swanson also lines up a secret partner, the beautiful widow of his friend whose grave was desecrated in Mexico, the sharpshooting former commando Beth Ledford, who has her own agenda of pure retribution. Kyle Swanson, at the worst possible moment in a combat showdown, must decide: Do you trust your partner, and if so, which one?
Synopsis
In In the Crosshairs, a former Russian sniper who worked for the CIA goes rogue, and Kyle Swanson must stop him before undercover operations are exposed.
A ROGUE SHOOTER. A MOVING TARGET. . .
The Central Intelligence Agency is under attack--as is its top man in the field, Kyle Swanson. The highly decorated former Marine Corps gunnery sergeant is attending the funeral of a friend when a terrorist blows up the grave. A week later, Kyle narrowly survives a grenade attack in Berlin. Now Washington is being told that Kyle has been turned, his private employer is corrupt, and the Agency itself cannot be trusted. Assigned to get to the root of the problem, Kyle is teamed up with Luke Gibson, an operative known to be almost as skilled as he is.
Luke and Kyle are trying to find a former top-level Russian sniper who worked for the CIA before going rogue. Their mission will take them from the U.S. to the poppy fields of Afghanistan to the jungles of Southeast Asia before they learn about a shadowy power broker known as the Prince, who uses CIA planes to transport opium and heroin. To eliminate him, Kyle must enlist the services of Beth Ledford, the beautiful--and vengeful--former commando whose husband's grave was desecrated. Now, at the worst possible moment in a combat showdown, Kyle must decide: Who is his true partner on this mission? And who, if anyone, can he trust?
"Coughlin and Davis' series only gets better with each installment." --Booklist