The Deserter - Nelson DeMille & Alex Demille

The Deserter

By Nelson DeMille & Alex Demille

  • Release Date: 2019-10-22
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
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From 2,404 Ratings

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*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

An “outstanding” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) blistering thriller featuring a brilliant and unorthodox Army investigator, his enigmatic female partner, and their hunt for the Army’s most notorious—and dangerous—deserter from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille.

When Captain Kyle Mercer of the Army’s elite Delta Force disappeared from his post in Afghanistan, a video released by his Taliban captors made international headlines. But circumstances were murky: Did Mercer desert before he was captured? Then a second video sent to Mercer’s Army commanders leaves no doubt: the trained assassin and keeper of classified Army intelligence has willfully disappeared.

When Mercer is spotted a year later in Caracas, Venezuela, by an old Army buddy, top military brass task Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor of the Criminal Investigation Division to fly to Venezuela and bring Mercer back to America—preferably alive. Brodie knows this is a difficult mission, made more difficult by his new partner’s inexperience, by their undeniable chemistry, and by Brodie’s suspicion that Maggie Taylor is reporting to the CIA.

With ripped-from-the-headlines appeal, an exotic and dangerous locale, and the hairpin twists and inimitable humor that are signature DeMille, The Deserter is the first in a timely and thrilling new series from an unbeatable team of True Masters: the #1 New York Times bestseller Nelson DeMille and his son, award-winning screenwriter Alex DeMille.

Reviews

  • Eh.

    2
    By Fun read
    Wanted to like this book, but I could not see how the main characters would ever interact with each other to make a likable team, and they never did. And the weird occasional attempt at sexual tension (all on the behalf of the male character) fell flat. Had a hard time keeping my interest and normally I love this genre.
  • Writing was good, plot was shallow

    3
    By Nbrig1027
    This is the entire book: Kyle and Taylor go to Caracas, they find a strip club with info where Kyle is, travel to the jungle, steal a boat to go down a river, find Kyle but Scott and Taylor become prisoner, they escape as prisoner and take Kyle as prisoner instead, all 3 go back down river to an airstrip where Kyle and Worley kill each other. The end. The writing was good but the book could have been cut in half, and then expanded upon. It would have been nice to see Scott and Taylor find Kyle and then help get Kyle justice for what happened to him. It just felt the whole story was a lot of looking around and snooping in a poor country just for two guys to get killed and then the story ends abruptly and we get no closure.
  • Starts slow

    5
    By Dan Vermilion
    This book starts slow. Too much talking. But then takes off it is really good.
  • Outstanding !!

    5
    By Mstrpara
    This is a superb book, great character development and story line.. Could not put it down, finished it in 2 very late nights. Best I have read this year.Look forward to Blood Lines.
  • Always a thriller

    5
    By trisha's reads
    Kept me guessing the whole way
  • Not his best

    2
    By Dover1249
    I read 4 of his novels in a few days, the were great. I’m glad I did not read this first. Slow predicable story line. Not his best work
  • Deserter

    2
    By bonseybrick
    Boring
  • The Deserter. Nelson DeMille & Alex DeMille

    5
    By Wet again
    Kyle Mercer former Delta Operative now labeled as a deserter. He was ordered to eliminate all of the villagers by a CIA operative Colonel. He told the colonel he could no longer do this type of operation. The Colonel told him a lot of his men disagreed with his decision. A lie. He deserted for all the right reasons. An excellent read!! Enjoyed immensely!!
  • Just OK

    2
    By AndyR1947
    1300 pages of build up and a 2 page finale. Fun story with a lot of twists and turns but the ending….. not so good!
  • “The war is over, the good guys lost.” Leonard Cohen

    4
    By Mary S. Munro
    Another tale of the cost of war. If I didn’t know better, I would say Mr. DeMille is a pacifist. The troops are now home from the Middle East but the men and women who fought there, who tried to overcome the medieval religious beliefs that the Taliban enforced upon the population, they have left parts of their souls behind. This is the story of one such soldier and the team of CID investigators whose mission it was to bring him home to face military justice. The author dives into US policy in third world nations. The setting is Venezuela with its huge oil reserves and crumbled economy. A great read and pertinent now more then ever.

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