Twilight of Heroes Book

A U.S. military team on a mission of mercy is massacred in a remote Bolivian village—with no trace of the killers. A colonel awaiting retirement makes it his final mission to fight for the truth...only to find himself in a world of deceit, disease, heartless violence and dreams of a better future. Exploding out of the jungle, events turn into a crisis in Washington, as international drug lords, ambassadors, generals, renegade gunmen and simple families find themselves on the edge of a "dirty little war" the nation does not want to fight and cannot afford to lose.

Publishers Weekly

Peters (Red Army) is closing in the big leagues of thriller writers with this convincing novel of international drug trade. After the mysterious massacre of a U.S. military team on a mission of mercy in remote Bolivia, the aging Col. John Church takes the blame. As a self-imposed penance, he also takes on the aborted mission and unwittingly becomes America's latest hero. What follows is a story of deceit, disease and despair that captivates even as it infuriates with its depiction of men betrayed. Don't be surprised if Peters's climactic battle scene, so penetratingly and movingly written, reduces some readers to tears. (Jan.)