Guardian Down: A Luis Cortez Thriller (The Luis Cortez Series)

Broken bodies. Broken minds. Unbroken Mission.Luis Cortez spent twenty years as a Pararescueman, pulling people out of places that tried to kill them. When he recognized the car bomb in the parking lot and started running, he wasn’t fast enough.It was meant for him. His wife and son were killed instead. Luis came out of the rubble with enough broken pieces to prove he was the target.Surviving the blast is the easy part. The men who placed it are still out there—protected by a sprawling network that reaches from the cartel strongholds of Veracruz and Mexico City into the world banking centers in Switzerland.His search for answers uncovers a terrifying truth–what began as medical aid for the wounded has been twisted into tools of control, coercion, and assassination. This is a web of corruption built on broken bodies and stolen lives, run by those who profit from endless war and addiction.To dismantle it, Luis assembles a small team and goes on the hunt. Every step forward demands a trade—information for violence, access for compromise, progress for pieces of himself he cannot recover.The mission will take what it needs.If you've followed Evan Smoak through Hurwitz's Orphan X wondering how much a man can hollow himself out before there's nothing left, if Andrews & Wilson's operators feel like people you've served with, and if Winslow's cartel world hit close enough to make you uncomfortable—Guardian Down was written for you. Read more