A murder interrupts a presidential campaign, and a team of former special operators is called up at home. James Patterson and Matt Eversmann's thriller brings the fight to American soil.

Readical Key Points

• A New York Times bestseller, according to the publisher
• Co-written by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann, who retired from the U.S. Army after twenty years of service; his first novel with Patterson
• Military thriller set in the United States, from Nantucket to Washington, D.C.
• Hardcover, 384 pages, Little, Brown and Company, 2026

Nat Phillips leads a roster of veterans drawn from special forces, communications and intelligence work. Home from overseas and on standby, the team is pulled into a national crisis when a killing disrupts a presidential race, and the operation that follows plays out in Washington and other seats of power rather than on a foreign battlefield.

Readers of military and political thrillers, and of Patterson's co-written novels, are the audience here; the two authors previously wrote nonfiction together, including Walk in My Combat Boots. The team's code name comes from the national anthem, and the fight it names happens on home ground.

About the Authors

James Patterson created the Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club and Maximum Ride series and has co-written novels with Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton. His honors include an Edgar Award, the National Book Foundation's Literarian Award and the National Humanities Medal. Matt Eversmann retired from the U.S. Army after twenty years of service and co-wrote the nonfiction bestseller Walk in My Combat Boots with Patterson.

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