The new Presidential Agent novel-now in paperback. Two brutal murders and millions of missing dollars in the growing UN/Iraq oil-for-food scandal have led Charley Castillo and his team to Uruguay, where the man they seek is murdered right before their eyes. Those responsible have left just enough of a trail for Castillo to pick up the scent and follow it wherever it takes him-even if it's not exactly where he expected.
By Order of the President, the first novel in Griffin's Presidential Agent series, follows Charley Castillo, who works with the Department of Homeland Security and is the man the President turns to for discreet investigations. An American diplomat's wife is kidnapped in Argentina, and her husband is murdered before her eyes. She is threatened with the lives of her children if she doesn't reveal the whereabouts of her brother, who may know about the UN/Iraq oil-for-food scandal. As the investigation unfolds, a lot of money is at stake, and those involved are willing to shed blood to get it. Before the investigation is over, it might even be Castillo's blood.
They were the young ones, the bright ones, the ones with the dreams. From the Nazi-prowled wastes of North Africa to the bloody corridors of Europe, they answered the call gladly. It was their duty, their job, their life. They marched off as boys, and they came back--those who made it--as soldiers and professionals forged in the heat of battle...