After losing his lover, Roni Keller, John Worthy is on the way to rebuilding his life. Only one task to bring back her bones. Do that, and all his ghosts will be laid to rest.
Except for the one who shows up and puts a gun to his head.
The past isn’t even the past.
Once a Marine Raider, Daniel Driver crossed a line. He and his squad should be in prison. Instead, they are spooks and work in the shadows. Now, with Taz Davila out of action, Driver makes an offer John can’t refuse.
And truth is only skin deep.
Poya Durrani is on the run. His father, a spy for the Americans, is dead. His father’s handler was supposed to rescue Poya and his mother but never came. Now he is trapped with nomads in the Wakhan Corridor and time is running out. Poya must escape before he is unmasked.
Before everyone discovers that the boy, Poya, is a lie.
Among other things, I was an English major in college and so I know that I'm supposed to write things like, "Ilsa J. Bick is ." Except I hate writing about myself in the third person like I'm not in the room. Helloooo, I'm right here . . . So let's just say that I'm a child psychiatrist (yeah, you read that right)as well as a film scholar, surgeon wannabe (meaning I did an internship in surgery and LOVED it and maybe shoulda stuck), former Air Force major—and an award-winning, best-selling author of short stories, e-books, and novels. Believe me, no one is more shocked about this than I . . . unless you talk to my mother.