A sophisticated debut novel about a Swedish security force agent on a mysterious special assignment to the US The Swede fuses the psychological tension of Jo Nesbs thrillers with the gripping international intrigue of I Am Pilgrim and Red SparrowErnst Grip of the Swedish security police has no idea why hes been dispatched to a remote American military base in the Indian Ocean Met by FBI agent Shauna Friedman he learns that the US wants him to determine whether a prisoner theyre holding is a Swedish citizenThe detainee known only as N is a suspect in an Islamist-inspired terror attack in the US heartland Tortured by the CIA he refuses to talk Yet all the evidence points to a cabal of survivors from the devastating tsunami that struck Thailand a ruthless American arms dealer a Czech hit man a mysterious nurse from Kansas a heartbreakingly nave Pakistaniand a SwedeBut the prisoner is not the only one harboring dangerous secrets Grip hides a double life that will lead him into terra incognita and Friedman too is not who she appears to be In a world ruled by fear mistrust and deadly betrayal these unlikely partners must learn to trust one another if they hope to stay aliveDrawing on his military and diplomatic experience Robert Karjel explores the uneasy repercussions of illuminating the moral compromises that peopleand nationsmake in the name of security and survival.
