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Violence
A lot
Military and cartel violence; some action sequences; standard thriller level
Language
Some
Moderate adult language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Some
The weight of pursuing someone who may be more complicated than the order to bring them back
What this book is about
CID agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor are sent to Caracas to find Kyle Mercer, a Green Beret who vanished from Afghanistan—now rumored to be working for a drug cartel. Nelson DeMille's thriller launches a new series with the political backdrop of Venezuela and the moral complexity of a deserter who may have had good reasons.
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