{"product_id":"deep-black-a-tom-locke-novel-9780062852335","title":"Deep Black: A Tom Locke Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Has an enjoyable, realistic feeling...will appeal to action junkies and armchair diplomats alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cem\u003eKirkus \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Locke must track a missing Saudi prince deep inside ISIS territory in this second military action thriller from the authors of \u003cem\u003eShadow War\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisillusioned after a mission in Ukraine goes tragically wrong, military contractor Tom Locke is on the run from Apollo Outcomes, a private military corporation run by the treacherous Brad Winters. While working undercover with his surviving team members on the frontlines of ISIS-infected Iraq, they are approached by a Saudi middleman who offers good money to find the missing son of a high-ranking government official.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Locke doesn't know is that the missing young Prince may have been carrying the result of a secret agreement made with the Pakistanis in the 1960s, and that his father may or may not be trying to topple the Saudi government. As he pushes deeper into ISIS territory, Locke must figure out both the on-the-ground battle lines and the larger Deep State war he has stumbled into yet again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho is the mysterious Saudi who hired Locke's team? Is the prince's disappearance personal or political? And how many sides are being played against each other in a Middle East torn apart by overlapping and contradictory alliances? To complete the mission and keep his men safe, the battle-hardened Locke must use every skill he has to defeat a fanatical enemy on the ground--while a duplicitous adversary much closer to home waits for his chance to strike. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcFate, Sean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSean McFate is a professor of strategy at the National Defense University and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a think tank. He served as a paratrooper in the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division and then worked for a major private military corporation, where he ran operations similar to those in this book. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order\u003c\/em\u003e, and holds a BA from Brown University, a MA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and a PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He lives with his wife in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWitter, Bret:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBret Witter has co-authored eight \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers, including the #1 bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Monuments Men\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives with his family in Decatur, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491471331602,"sku":"9780062852335","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e4d45c8c-8129-42fa-bb73-fbdc1a2e4831.jpg?v=1730541790","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/deep-black-a-tom-locke-novel-9780062852335","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}