Book description
From the author Jeffery Deaver calls “smart, speedy, and stylish,” a
Boston-based thriller featuring an Iraq war veteran who gets involved
with dangerous, big-time drug dealers.
Neal Maven returns to Boston from his tour in Iraq only to discover
that the country he vowed to protect has little use for him now. Armed
with a highly specialized set of skills he can't use and bitter toward
the men and women who remained stateside, Maven fears he is near his
breaking point. And then he meets fellow vet Brad Royce. Royce is
everything Maven wants to be: charismatic and confident, principled,
wealthy, and with a beautiful woman on his arm. Not just any beautiful
woman, but Danielle Vetti-the most stunning girl from Maven's high
school.
Royce offers Maven a much-needed job, and Maven becomes a part
of Royce's team of “sugar bandits,” a group of fellow veterans who use
their military skills to intercept major drug deals, taking the dirty
money while destroying the product-a get-rich scheme with a clear
moral imperative. Suddenly, Maven's life is better than he ever
thought possible: a soldier in a civilian's world. But nothing is as
it seems, and Maven is in too deep, and can see no way out....
By turns powerful and heart-pounding, Devils in Exile is
easily Hogan's most thrilling novel yet.
Chuck Hogan is the author of several acclaimed novels,
including Devils in Exile and The Killing Moon. The
Town was awarded the Hammett Prize for excellence in crime
writing, and named one of the ten best novels of the year by Stephen
King. He is also the co-author, with Guillermo del Toro, of the
international bestseller The Strain. He lives with his family
outside Boston.
