Description:
In Paris, a motorcade is attacked by masked men who corner a Saudi prince and steal the case handcuffed to his wrist. A thousand miles away in Istanbul, the prince's brother narrowly escapes a black ops ambush.
Meanwhile, military contractor Tom Locke is asked to find the son of a government official in ISIS-infected Iraq. What Locke doesn't know is that multiple sides of a clandestine war are scrambling to find the prince, and that his father may be using him to topple the Saudi government. Locke must navigate both the on-the-ground battle lines and the larger "deep state" war he has stumbled into yet again.
The battle-hardened Locke must combat a fanatical enemy--while a duplicitous adversary closer to home waits for his chance to strike. Once again, Sean McFate lends his rare credibility to this riveting, fast-paced tale of enigmatic warriors and international treachery.
Brief description:
Sean McFate is a professor of strategy at the National Defense University and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a think tank. He served as a paratrooper in the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division and then worked for a major private military corporation, where he ran operations similar to those in this book. He is the author of The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order, and holds a BA from Brown University, a MA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and a PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He lives with his wife in Washington, DC.
Review Quotes:
"McFate knows his way around bold, riveting stories, fascinating characters and ground-level combat that are sure to please fans of Brad Thor, Tom Clancy, and Daniel Silva." - Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Minute Out
"[A] smart, exciting first novel and series launch.... Readers will look forward to seeing a lot more of Locke." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Has an enjoyable, realistic feeling...will appeal to action junkies and armchair diplomats alike." - Kirkus Reviews
"Locke is another strong hero in the growing subgenre of black-ops thrillers, and Deep Black is a maze of treachery and intrigue to the very end." - Booklist Online
"Step aside, faux thriller writers and armchair warrior storytellers. Ex-mercenary Sean McFate has produced a first novel that's assured, authentic, timely, gritty, and most of all real... I enjoyed the hell out of it." - C.J. Box, New York Times bestselling author of Badlands and Off The Grid
"McFate knows the world of his first thriller intimately.... The novel provides plenty of drama and a realistic view of political intrigue, and McFate really shines with lines that ring with authenticity. . . . A promising debut from an author who clearly knows the realities of the mercenary's trade." - Kirkus Reviews
"An American James Bond meets the twists and turns of "Homeland."" - Adm James Stavridis, USN (Ret), Supreme Allied Commander at NATO