The Last Refuge

Iraq, 1991. Operation Desert Storm. A deadly mistake—or a carefully planned cover-up?

When a U.S. Army helicopter destroys a convoy of American military police behind enemy lines, the incident is written off as a tragic friendly fire accident. But among the dead is a mysterious civilian engineer whose presence on the battlefield raises dangerous questions.

Two years later in San Diego, freelance journalist Peter Brandt is hired to investigate a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the engineer's widow. What should be a routine story quickly becomes something far more sinister.

The government says the lawsuit never existed. The defense contractor denies the engineer ever worked for them. Records disappear. Witnesses vanish.

And someone is willing to kill to keep the truth buried.

The war-scarred reporter from Empty Places must uncover the secrets behind a deadly Gulf War tragedy before he becomes the next casualty of a conspiracy reaching from the battlefield to the highest levels of power.

In a world of lies, Peter Brandt's greatest weapon is the truth.