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THE AMERICAN MISSION
The American Mission is a thrilling debut set in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the exploits of a male American diplomat and a female Congolese geologist fighting to protect the country—and themselves—from nefarious forces out for their own gain.
THE AMERICAN MISSION features taut, intricate suspense from start to finish, and a compelling and believable cast of characters.
THE AMERICAN MISSION features taut, intricate suspense from start to finish, and a compelling and believable cast of characters.
After witnessing a devastating incident in Darfur, Alex Baines, former rising star in the US State Department, is stripped of his security clearances and relegated to a desk job as a visa clerk. Alex is about to resign when he receives a call from Howard Spencer, his former mentor and the current American Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Spencer offers him an incredible opportunity to start over, restoring both his security clearances and his reputation.
Arriving in Kinshasa eager to return to the cutting edge of diplomacy, Alex quickly finds that working for Spencer is not quite the opportunity he imagined it to be. The shady multinational Consolidated Mining seems to be everywhere he turns—even within the confines of confidential areas in the embassy. When a hostage situation involving a Consolidated survey team arises, Alex goes in to negotiate and finds himself in the middle of the conflict with the leader of the guerilla force, Joseph “The Hammer of God,” and Marie Tsiolo, the local geologist whose team is taken hostage. Information from the tense situation only heightens Alex’s fears of the company’s motives.
As violence escalates in the region, Alex struggles to balance his own best interests against the greater good of the people of the Congo, and his loyalties are put to the test as he races to determine the right course of action.
Matthew Palmer currently serves as Political Counselor at the American Embassy in Belgrade. A life member of the Council of Foreign Relations and a distinguished graduate of the National War College in Washington, Matt has worked as a diplomat all over the world. His assignments in the United States have included tours at the US Mission to the United Nations and as the Director for Europe at the National Security Council. He was the deputy head of the US mission to the Kosovo peace talks in Rambouillet, France, in 1999. While on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, Matt helped design and implement the Kimberly Process for certifying African diamonds as “conflict free.” It was this experience in Africa that served as that foundation for THE AMERICAN MISSION. A five-time winner of the State Department’s Superior Honor Award, Matt has also been recognized by the Director of the CIA as an Exceptional Collector of Human Intelligence. He speaks Japanese, Serbo-Croatian, and Greek. He is at work on a second book.
He is the son of bestselling author Michael Palmer.
Arriving in Kinshasa eager to return to the cutting edge of diplomacy, Alex quickly finds that working for Spencer is not quite the opportunity he imagined it to be. The shady multinational Consolidated Mining seems to be everywhere he turns—even within the confines of confidential areas in the embassy. When a hostage situation involving a Consolidated survey team arises, Alex goes in to negotiate and finds himself in the middle of the conflict with the leader of the guerilla force, Joseph “The Hammer of God,” and Marie Tsiolo, the local geologist whose team is taken hostage. Information from the tense situation only heightens Alex’s fears of the company’s motives.
As violence escalates in the region, Alex struggles to balance his own best interests against the greater good of the people of the Congo, and his loyalties are put to the test as he races to determine the right course of action.
Matthew Palmer currently serves as Political Counselor at the American Embassy in Belgrade. A life member of the Council of Foreign Relations and a distinguished graduate of the National War College in Washington, Matt has worked as a diplomat all over the world. His assignments in the United States have included tours at the US Mission to the United Nations and as the Director for Europe at the National Security Council. He was the deputy head of the US mission to the Kosovo peace talks in Rambouillet, France, in 1999. While on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, Matt helped design and implement the Kimberly Process for certifying African diamonds as “conflict free.” It was this experience in Africa that served as that foundation for THE AMERICAN MISSION. A five-time winner of the State Department’s Superior Honor Award, Matt has also been recognized by the Director of the CIA as an Exceptional Collector of Human Intelligence. He speaks Japanese, Serbo-Croatian, and Greek. He is at work on a second book.
He is the son of bestselling author Michael Palmer.
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