An Act of Treason

An Act of Treason sends Marine sniper Kyle Swanson to Pakistan with his girlfriend, CIA agent Lauren Carson, where their operation collapses and their trusted handler, Jim Hall, reveals himself as the man who burned them. Hall has gone rogue, selling American secrets to a Pakistani warlord with nuclear ambitions, and Swanson must work through his grief and fury to stop the man who trained him before he completes the betrayal.

Luke Daniels brings a hard, controlled fury to Swanson's sections that fits the character's particular discipline under emotional pressure. The novel's military settings across Pakistan and Washington benefit from Daniels's ability to render both the physical and the institutional with equal authenticity, and the personal betrayal at the center of the thriller adds a dimension that distinguishes this entry in the series.