The Rook (#02 in The Bowers Files Series)

Publisher Description

Special Agent Patrick Bowers is about to uncover the military's darkest secret....and his own dark past. While investigating a series of baffling fires in San Diego, Bowers is drawn into a deadly web of intrigue where nothing is as it appears to be. With a killer on the loose and one of the world's most deadly devices missing, Bowers is caught in a race against time to stop a criminal mastermind's trap before it closes around the people he loves.

"James ratchets up the thrills and chills. This is first-class suspense."

• Eric Wilson, author of A Shred of Truth and Expiration Date

"James' ability to use modern, up-to-date investigative techniques to solve his criminal mysteries places him at the forefront of current mystery writers."

• E. Cleon Glaze, retired FBI agent

"Steven James has certainly done his homework. His level of detail and knowledge in the area of the military characters is superb. I could not put this one down!"

• Lieutenant Robert Bess, US Naval Special Warfare/Naval Special Operations.