With <i>Prince of Thieves</i> soon to be a movie under the title <i>The Town</i> starring Ben Affleck and <i>Mad Men</i> 's Jon Hamm, and Hogan's recent vampire novel <i>The Strain</i>, coauthored with Guillermo del Toro, an instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller, Chuck Hogan is a star on the rise. Now, with <i>Devils in Exile</i>, he displays his trademark gift for pulse-pounding action and strong characterization in a gripping drama that is sure to further raise his profile and give him the audience he so richly deserves. <br> <br> When Neal Maven and a crew of fellow Iraq War veterans begin ripping off Boston-area drug dealers for profit, their lives are quickly put into jeopardy. As Maven's involvement deepens, two worrisome things happen: he begins to suspect that their leader has a sinister ulterior motive, and he lusts after the leader's girl - a tough former model with a drug problem. As the rip-off jobs get riskier, Maven and his crew are soon pursued by both a smart federal DEA agent and by a pair of psychopathic Jamaican hit men on a drug lords' payroll. When everything goes bad - and it goes very bad - Maven embarks on a one-man crusade to right the wrongs in which he unwittingly participated. Not everyone will survive his crusade, and Maven himself may not live to see the final outcome ... .<br> <br> Vividly told and featuring a stunningly complex plot, <i>Devils in Exile</i> is Chuck Hogan's most satisfying and powerful thriller yet.
