The PT Chevron Pacific Gulfstream banks towards the north after lifting off from the international airport at Kuala Lumpur. The oil-exploration team has reason to celebrate: The new oil field outside of Minas will be the biggest reserve in the history of Indonesia. And the country desperately needs it. The team breaks open the fifty-year-old bottle of scotch theyâve been saving for just this moment. But in the next moment, the jet drops abruptly, like a rock, then turns sharply west on a path similar to that of a well-known commercial airliner from the recent past, descends through radar coverage . . . and disappears.
Decorated Marine lieutenant colonel and small-town Georgia D.A. Will Parker has nothing to do with Chevron Pacificâuntil the wife of a former Marine buddy calls. She understands that her husband, who had been working for Chevron, is gone. But she wants answers, and the FBI and CIA are of little help. Itâs a request Will canât refuse. Willâs contact on the ground is Retno Karims, a sharp, multilingual, former Miss Indonesia who speaks Bahasa Indonesian, Chinese, and Javanese. She also happens to be from Banda Aceh. Rumor has it that the terrorist group Laskar Mujahidin has reawakened and is operating somewhere in Banda Aceh on the northern point of Sumatra. No one doubts theyâre involved in downing the oil-company jet. Then again, no one believes any proof will stick, even if authorities locate the wreckage. Parker believes otherwise . . .
Praise for RETRIBUTION
âTense and authenticâreading this book is like living a real life mission.â âLee Child
âI seldom come across a thriller as authentic and wellâwritten as Retribution. Andy Harp brings his considerable military expertise to a global plot thatâs exciting, timely, and believable . . . to say that Iâm impressed is an understatement.â âDavid Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of The Protector
âRetribution is a stunner: a blow to the gut and shot of adrenaline. Here is a novel written with authentic authority and bears shocking relevance to the dangers of today. It reminds me of Tom Clancy at his finest.â âJames Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Bloodline
âOutstanding thriller with vivid characters, breakneck pacing, and suspense enough for even the most demanding reader. Harp writes with complete authenticity and a tremendous depth of military knowledge. A fantastic readâdonât miss it!â âDouglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of Impact
Decorated Marine lieutenant colonel and small-town Georgia D.A. Will Parker has nothing to do with the outgoing U.S. President or his administration, including the secret service. And thatâs the way he wants to keep it. But Willâs about to get in deep, whether he likes it or not.
With two terms behind him, President Prisock Jordan is leaving the White House. And
Marine recon veteran and small-town prosecutor Will Parker became a bush pilot for two reasons: a love of flying, and Dr. Karen Stewart. Years ago in Somalia, Will saved the dedicated CDC researcherâs life. Now he may have to do it again, under even more challenging conditions.
Two Marines have died under suspicious circumstances, and Will is the only person who can get to the truth. Even if it means an off-the-books mission that will take him thousands of miles away to remote Russia. Both of the dead had in common a fellow student at the Maryland Cyber Security Center. Heâs missing, but his trail leads Will to a small village outside Moscow known for worldwide hackingâand ultimately to an American financial institution with a shady multi-trillion-dollar secret to which the Marines and their classmate held the key. That key compelled certain executives to unleash killers to ensure its concealment . . .
Because of her importance to Will, Dr. Karen Stewart is once again a target. The enemy knows if they get to her, they get to him. Now, with her research taking her into the far-flung Yukon, Parkerâs arctic-combat training and skills as a bush pilot will be his only hope of saving her, not to mention himself . . .
Praise for RETRIBUTION
âTense and authenticâreading this book is like living a real life mission.â âLee Child
âI seldom come across a thriller as authentic and wellâwritten as Retribution. Andy Harp brings his considerable military expertise to a global plot thatâs exciting, timely, and believable . . . to say that Iâm impressed is an understatement.â âDavid Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of The Protector
âRetribution is a stunner: a blow to the gut and shot of adrenaline. Here is a novel written with authentic authority and bears shocking relevance to the dangers of today. It reminds me of Tom Clancy at his finest.â âJames Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Bloodline
âOutstanding thriller with vivid characters, breakneck pacing, and suspense enough for even the most demanding reader. Harp writes with complete authenticity and a tremendous depth of military knowledge. A fantastic readâdonât miss it!â âDouglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of Impact
Anderson Harp has served the United States Marine Corps in many capacities, from artillery to teaching mountain warfare and arctic survival. His military work has taken him from the Arctic Circle and Fort Greely, Alaska (where a typical day
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