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The Room of White Fire (Roland Ford, Bk 1)
The Room of White Fire - Roland Ford, Bk 1 Author:T. Jefferson Parker A young soldier shattered by war, on the run from a mental institute. A P.I. carrying his own vicious wounds hired to track that soldier down. A race against the clock to bring the soldier home before he reveals the secret that haunts him. — Roland Ford once a cop, then a marine, now a private investigator is good at f... more »inding people. But when he s asked to locate air force veteran Clay Hickman, he realizes he s been drawn into something deep and dark. He knows the weight of war, having served as a marine in First Fallujah; he also knows the nightmare of indescribable personal pain, as only two years have passed since his young wife s sudden death. What he doesn t know is why a shroud of secrecy hangs over the disappearance of Clay Hickman and why he s getting a different story from everyone involved.
To begin with, there s the teenage woman who helped Clay escape: she s smart enough to fend off Ford s questions but impetuous enough to be on the run with an armed and dangerous man. Then there s Clay s attractive doctor, who clearly cares deeply for his welfare but is impossible to read, even as she inspires in Ford the first desire he has felt since his wife s death. And there s the proprietor of the mental institute who is as enigmatic as he is brash, and ambitious to the point of being ruthless; what could Clay possibly know to make this search so desperate?« less