Alone survived

Author: David Baldacci
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Opening the novel A Man Called Outlaw, the very first event that greets the reader is highly captivating: a small team from the FBI sets out to destroy a drug cartel's hideout. Based on an informant's tip, the target is the cartel's financial department. If the financial personnel can be captured alive and brought to court to testify, the drug kingpin can be brought to justice. For this purpose, the FBI has specifically deployed a special operations team skilled in extracting people alive—the Hostage Rescue Team. A Man Called Outlaw, the latest work by American best-selling author David Baldacci, is the author's return to the thriller genre after a hiatus. This time, Baldacci takes us into a mysterious and thrilling new realm—mind control. Webb London is a member of the elite Hostage Rescue Team of the FBI. While executing a drug bust mission in Washington, D.C., his team is wiped out in just ten seconds. He witnesses the entire process of his comrades being killed on the scene but miraculously becomes the sole survivor. The FBI's suspicion, the demise of his teammates, and the urge for revenge put immense psychological pressure on Webb. Feeling utterly alone, Webb undergoes psychological rehabilitation while investigating the perpetrator, walking a perilous path filled with traps.