New York City. 1977. Ex-Green Beret William Kane has crossed the line he vowed never to: killing. But for every action there is a reaction and there are forces after him for revenge, chief among them the IRA. The CIA hasn’t forgotten about him either after his involvement in covert ops in Vietnam.

2. Will Kane is a West Point graduate, class of 1966.
The class most blooded in the Vietnam War.
Kane is a veteran of two tours in Vietnam, his first
with the 173rd Airborne, where he loses his West
Point classmate and best friend. Near the end of his
tour, he’s wounded.

3. Kane’s second tour is with Special Forces,
including running highly classified cross-border
missions.

4. Kane is serving under the real life Colonel who
became the template for Colonel Kurtz in
Apocalypse Now.
But he is implicated as the trigger man in the
Green Beret Affair, where a suspected double-
agent is executed.

5. Now it’s New York City, summer 1977.
The Bronx is burning.
The twin towers of the new World Trade Center
loom over the skyline.

6. Who protects the sheep from the wolves? Another
wolf.
New York City. 1977. Ex-Green Beret William Kane
has crossed the line he vowed never to: killing. But
for every action there is a reaction and there are
forces after him for revenge, chief among them the
IRA. The CIA hasn’t forgotten about him either after
his involvement in covert ops in Vietnam.
There is an elite team of IRA soldiers in New York
City and they’ve gotten their hands on some
powerful weaponry. What is their target? When will
they strike?

7. As the long hot summer of 1977 drags on and the
Bronx burns, Kane does some burning of his own,
unraveling secrets from his past and helping those
who need his particular brand of justice while
tracking the terrorists.
His problem: where is his new line?
Who can he really trust?
Kirkus Reviews: "Action packed entertainment.”
Amazon Reviews: "Reacher and Kane should
hook up sometime!”

8. Jack Reacher meets the Equalizer
One of the top five new series of the year.
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9. About the author: Bob Mayer up in the Bronx, New York
City. He graduated West Point, served in the Infantry,
including leading a Infantry platoon, a Battalion scout
platoon, and a Brigade recon platoon in the First Cav
Division. Then Special Forces (Green Berets), as an A-
Team executive officer, and later commanding an A-
Team. After leaving active duty he studied martial arts in
the Orient and was brought back for numerous ADSW
(Active Duty Special Work) tours in Special Operations.
He is the New York Times bestselling author of over 80
books.