From the bestselling author of The General's Daughter comes a gripping, poignant story of lost love, betrayal and revenge. Keith Landry, an ex-intelligence operative, is finally going home after 25 years of working in the shadowy world of Cold War espionage. But in his hometown of Spencerville, he finds his old sweetheart married to a man more dangerous than any of Landry's Cold War enemies.
Back from the Cold War, intelligence officer Keith Landry returns to his hometown of Spencerville, Ohio. Twenty-five years after their last encounter, Keith runs into his first love, Annie, now unhappily married to the town's chief of police--an abusive alcoholic. In his efforts to reclaim Annie, Keith will have to draw on all the skills of a violent lifetime.