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After leaving the battlefield, former U.S. Army officer Chase Malone settles into life as a reclusive portraitist in Mexico. When wealthy arms merchant Derek Bellasar commissions a portrait of his wife, Sienna, Chase discovers the deadly truth behind Bellasar’s art: every wife painted by him dies. With the CIA’s covert biological weapons program at stake and Bellasar’s elite private army closing in, Chase must confront an international arms crisis, protect Sienna, and wield his artistic skill as a weapon of survival.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: David Morrell
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