SHADOW OF THE CORPS

In this heart-pounding debut thriller, a young JAG still in awe of the Marine Corp’s hallowed code of honor must confront an enemy within the ranks.

One stormy afternoon, Dale Riley finds himself donning his Sunday best and standing graveside for a man he barely knew. Two years ago, fresh out of Officer Candidate School, Riley was appointed as the defense counsel for Captain Mike Ruffers, a pilot accused of bombing a village in northeastern Afghanistan that killed dozens of civilians and five U.S. Marines. The newly deceased Alex Snead was the prosecutor on behalf of the U.S. Government. Captain Ruffers’ guilt seemed obvious. Everything about the man set shivers down Riley’s spine, but it was his duty—as a lawyer and as a Marine—to present the evidence and make his case to thebest of his abilities. Snead’s untimely, and suspicious, death puts Riley directly in the path of an old enemy and a roaming serial killer as his past and present collide. In the tradition of A Few Good Men, nothing in James DuPont’s taut debut novel is as it seems, as the line between guilty and innocent, friend and foe, becomes increasingly blurred. James Dupont is a former Marine Corps aviator and was a military legal officer with over twelve years of active service. He is currently an airline pilot and a major in the Marine Corps Reserves.