Leopards Kill

From AudioFile Jack Pilgrim is complacent about his lavish lifestyle and successful security business. Then his business partner goes missing--along with a two-million-dollar government payment. Before becoming business partners, Jack and Merc Conrad soldiered together in Afghanistan, and Jack trusted Merc with his life. Now Jack returns to war-torn Afghanistan to find his partner and the missing cash. William Dufris adroitly depicts a man accustomed to success whose confidence is being undermined as his search becomes more complex. Dufris is especially canny at voicing Jacks musings about integrity and loyalty. He expresses the quiet turmoil of a man who is being forced to be patient amid Afghanistans chaos and danger. N.M.C. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine Product Description Former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier Jack Pilgrim has it all—big bucks, a successful security business with plush government contracts, a beautiful wife. Then Pilgrim’s partner, Merc Conrad, goes missing in Afghanistan with a chunk of government cash and most of the company’s assets. The CIA threatens to throw Pilgrim in jail if he doesn’t find Merc and return the money. Pilgrim knows his business—and his extravagant lifestyle—are on the line, but Merc saved Jack’s life three times while they served together in the army in Afghanistan. So Jack owes him. Big.Determined to find Conrad, Pilgrim returns to Afghanistan. The country is in chaos as the United States prepares to pull out. Pilgrim follows Merc’s trail to the border area of Pakistan; with every step he seems to descend deeper into a Dantesque hell. Rumor has it that Conrad has fielded a guerrilla army and is hot on the trail of Osama bin Laden. The farther into the uncharted border zone Jack Pilgrim goes, the larger the legend of Merc Conrad becomes. Pilgrim’s odyssey into the Afghan badlands has him questioning his own reality, and the closer he seems to get to Conrad, the more peril he faces. If Jack Pilgrim wants to get out of Afghanistan alive, he may need Merc Conrad now more than ever. About the Author Jim DeFelice is the author of many military thrillers and has frequently collaborated with New York Times bestselling authors Stephen Coonts, Larry Bond, and Richard Marcinko. DeFelice’s solo novels include Threat Level Black, Coyote Bird, War Breaker, and Brother’s Keeper.