Ben Treven is the newest creation of author Barry Eisler. After the successful John Rain series which even spawned a movie, Eisler decided to take a break from the series and focus on a new fictional character.
Ben Treven, a “Military Liaison Element,” an elite undercover soldier in America’s war on terror.
In Silicon Valley, the eccentric inventor of a new encryption application is murdered in an apparent carjacking. In Istanbul, a cynical undercover operative receives a frantic call from his estranged younger brother. When Alex Treven, a patent lawyer who has been working for the inventor, is attacked in his apartment, he is convinced he is(…)
Torture. Ghost detainees. And a massive cover-up that continues even today. This is the propulsive thriller that only former CIA operative turned bestselling novelist Barry Eisler could write. Marooned in a Manila jail after a bar fight fatality, black ops soldier Ben Treven gets a visit from his former commander, Colonel Scott Horton, who explains(…)