Dark Sky — Joel Canfield

The unforgettable debut of an unforgettable character.Meet Max Bowman, a barely-getting-by investigator thrown on the trash heap by the CIA years ago. Suddenly, he's given a mission way above his paygrade -- to uncover the truth about First Lieutenant Robert Davidson, the son of an American military legend and a war hero who died in combat during the Afghanistan conflict. Or did he?To find the answer, Max must take a road trip into the heart of America's darkness as well as his own. Along the way, he encounters an exploding home, a murderous clone of a classic TV hero, a sexy heiress, and a misguided teenager desperate for a father figure. And, oh yeah, there's also a para-military organization that's just waiting for the right moment to kill him. It all happens in DARK SKY, a sardonic and suspenseful mystery-thriller in which an underwhelming hero must confront an overwhelming conspiracy -- not to mention himself.