The Outcast

We've all done terrible things... But can we really be forgiven?

Fallujah, Iraq, 2004. Four US nationals are ambushed by Al Qaeda and tortured, hanged from a bridge over the Euphrates. In Response, the US government launches a fierce assault to try and take the city once and for all. But, they fail, abandoning it to the very people they came to destroy. In the aftermath, a stockpile of weapons and ordinance is lost, along with a vital CIA asset... And the men hunting her are the worst possible kind, an extremist sect known as Tariq al-Aswad. A brutal group known for their merciless violence.

Solomon Church, stationed on the outskirts of the city, exhausted and bloodied from the battle, is pulled from his bed in the middle of the night right into the heart of a vital mission: find the missing asset and recover the weapons stockpile before the enemy. It sounds simple, but Fallujah is a labyrinth of tight alleyways and bomb-laden streets, and the AQI hide among the population. If they're spotted, if they're caught... A fate worse than death awaits them. But if they don't go in, then Fallujah falls, and their failure could turn the very tide of war.

Twenty years later, a mysterious figure reaches out to Church, promising him the one thing he's wanted since he left Iraq: another chance at taking down the members of Tariq al-Aswad. For good. But can this contact be trusted? Or is his past finally catching up to him ...

The Outcast is the harrowing and explosive third installment of the Solomon Church series. Perfect for fans of Lee Child, Vince Flynn, Mark Greaney, Robert Enright, and listeners who love a hero that can't, and won't, be stopped.