{"product_id":"chasing-shadows-by-miles-johnson-9780349128658","title":"Chasing Shadows","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling, visceral and highly readable' Oliver Bullough, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMoneyland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compulsive true crime thriller about modern-day international drugs trafficking, terrorism, and geopolitical intrigue following an investigation driven by one DEA agent, Jack Kelly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree very different men battle to control their destinies as they hurtle through the hall of mirrors of the global shadow economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e, a veteran US Drug Enforcement Administration agent, is tasked with following a trail of dirty money across continents from a top-secret investigative unit based in Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalvatore Pititto\u003c\/b\u003e is an ambitious Mafia capo working on a vast cocaine shipment who becomes unexpectedly pulled into an arms-smuggling conspiracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMustafa Badreddine\u003c\/b\u003e is a ghost-like master terrorist wanted by governments across the world who has been secretly dispatched to Syria for his final mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach man, born in radically different circumstances in the 1960s, is in his own way grappling with the powerful and unstoppable forces that shape the world around us; forces which topple governments, send refugees fleeing across borders, and put guns in the hands of mercenaries and militias. Each has devoted his whole life to an institution – the DEA, the Mafia, and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah – and each will eventually be destroyed or betrayed by the thing they believe in the most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet during 2015 and 2016, as the global order began to implode under the pressures of the Syrian civil war and the European refugee crisis, \u003ci\u003eChasing Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e looks back over the historical conflicts, events, and personal histories that have shaped the lives of these three men. It's a book that shows the betrayals, the disillusionment, and the violence as Jack Kelly hunts down his targets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072439042284,"sku":"9780349128658","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7740103482312.jpg?v=1765109516","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/chasing-shadows-by-miles-johnson-9780349128658","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}