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Brendan Thorne, ex-Ranger in Panama, ex-sniper for a CIA front in Colombia, has foresworn violence and is living in Kenya when FBI agent Terrill Hatfield arranges for Thorne s deportation back to the United States. In a top-secret meeting, Thorne is told that Halden Corwin, legendary Vietnam sniper and mercenary, has vowed to assassinate the recently elected president of the United States. The government s computers have picked Thorne as the most likely person to find Corwin and stop him. Thorne won t have to kill anyone; Hatfield s crack FBI team will take care of that. But when the plan doesn t go as described, Thorne discovers he can t trust anyone or anything he s been told. Drawn into a web of lies, ambitions, and double-crosses, Thorne must run for his life and, ultimately, stand and fight.