The Exile

By Andrew Britton

Book Overview

With intricate plotting and spine tingling action, The Exile propels us deep into the heart of a terrifying conspiracy rooted in one of the world's most unstable regions a place where the political has become brutally personal... For the President of the United States, the daily horror of life in West Darfur, Sudan's anarchic killing fields, just hit heartbreakingly close to home. His beloved niece Lily, a nurse caring for refugees in the most war-torn region, has been targeted and savagely murdered by a corps of Janjaweed, fearsome government-backed militiamen. The rash and vicious killing is a clear provocation, but any response will seriously destabilize the already-teetering region and threaten the security of the entire world. With the situation too explosive for diplomatic or military solutions, yet with the President and the public thirsting for revenge, America is out of options. Except one: Ryan Kealey. Kealey, ex-Special Forces, former CIA, unrivaled counterterrorism expert, has been central to the war on terror for over a decade. But he's finished trying to save the world. After the Agency hung him out to dry and let his lover die it was easy for him to turn his back. They had nothing he wanted. Until now. For the government has revealed its trump card, the one thing Kealey will risk everything for. Once back in the fold, Kealey's pursuit of Lily's killers unearths secrets and betrayals that shock even his war-tempered sensibilities and leave him with no-one to trust. On the lawless streets of Sudan, and at the highest levels of the American government, shadowy forces ignite a conflagration with unknowable global consequences. Brimming with intrigue and danger, The Exile pulses with high-stakes gamble after gamble, as one man navigates a tenuous web of international relations that could collapse at any moment

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0758242697
• ISBN13: 9780758242693
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

good book but the last one from this author

I enjoyed this book but it is the last from this author, as noted below: On March 18, 2008, Britton died at the age of 27 of an undiagnosed heart condition in Durham, North Carolina. He was survived by his mother Annie (Britton) Nice, stepfather Graham Nice, and his two siblings Christopher Vine- Britton and Roxanne Nice. Andrew Vine-Britton is interred in the Veteran's section of Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Raleigh, North...

Britton's ever-increasing legion of fans will be well-served by this latest installment

There has been too long a period of time between the publication of THE INVISIBLE and Andrew Britton's new book, THE EXILE. As those familiar with Britton's work might expect, however, it is well worth the wait. Ryan Kealey, an ex-Special Forces operator and former CIA agent, is an outwardly confident, inwardly tortured soul who would rather be left alone. He nonetheless is possessed of a skill set that does not permit that...

Enjoyable Summer Thriller

This is the first book in this series I've read so I can't judge it in comparison to those that came before it. But I thought it was exciting and very well written with excellent characters, and like a previous reader I felt it was much better than most other thrillers on the market today. I will definitely buy the earlier novels by Andrew Britton.

exciting espionage thriller

In Darfur, the Janjaweed militia attacks a refugee camp where they brutally kill American nurse Lily Durant. However, Lily is not just another American in the wrong place at the wrong time; she was the niece of President David Brenneman. Defense Intelligence Agency General Joel Stralen sees an opportunity to gain an edge over his unit's prime rival the CIA. He pushes strongly for punishing Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir,...