Army CID agent John Puller returns in this thriller with a large body count. Puller's brother, Robert, is imprisoned for life for espionage at the military's prison facility in Leavenworth, Kansas. The prison has been unescapable until the security system is hacked and the backup systems disabled. Robert Puller escapes and disappears. Various government security agencies are involved in the investigation and it is decided that John Puller provides the best option for finding his brother and bringing him in alive. Some in those agencies would rather see him dead and Puller's investigation uncovers criminal activities and conspiracies that threaten the security of the country. Puller's partner in the investigation, Veronica Knox, is from a different agency than CID and he is not sure he can trust her. As for the body count, it includes foreign spies, a military general or two, other higher ups in government security agencies, and more who are shot, stabbed, or blown up in various ways. There are slow spots, mainly in the dialogue between John Puller and agent Knox but all in all it's one you don't want to put down (or in this case, stop listening to).
