In his gold watch and good suit, the gun merchant sprawls on the carpet, the victim of a lethally effective wire job. But for veteran NYPD homicide detective Mel Fink, a new killing means a new beginning. Again.For decades, the Pentagon has heard rumors, filed reports, and scanned photos about American soldiers still held captive in the prison camps of Southeast Asia. But not one sighting has proved genuine, not one POW or MIA has resurfaced. Until now.Now, a quarter of a century after his capture, U.S. Army Corporal Zack Johnson mysteriously walks out of the Cambodian jungle. That simple act will shake the secret citadels of power in Washington to their deeply buried foundations. It will ignite a spiral of pursuit, ambush, and betrayal, as labyrinthine as it will be deadly. And caught in this intricate maze are a dedicated New York cop, a renegade international adventurer, a grunt who refuses to die, and the women they love - strangers propelled on a desperate journey that will test the limits of passion, justice, and human endurance. Read Less