A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this alpine thriller from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Reich.
Robbie Steinhardt lives a peaceful life. A fixture of his small alpine village, he tends cattle, minds his own business, and doesn’t dwell on his former life and the family and lover he left behind—back when he was Mac Dekker, CIA.
But when he learns his son Will died following in his footsteps, he needs answers. What mission took Will up into the alpine heights, and why is Ilya Ivashka on the same trail? Ilya—his close friend, his rival in love. Ilya, who framed Mac for treason and sent him into hiding.
Wiping away the years, Mac returns to the field to find the secrets Will hid and finds himself facing the Herculean task of stopping a terrorist plot that threatens thousands. But in a field of double agents, who can he trust?
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In the Mac Dekker series, nothing is ever just what it seems—not a mission, not a murder, not even the truth. Set in a world where past sins are never buried deep enough, this tense and atmospheric thriller series follows a former CIA operative dragged back into a shadow war he thought he’d left behind. It’s not about saving the world. It’s about surviving the games being played behind the curtain.
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From the snowbound quiet of the Swiss Alps to the corridors of international power, the series blends psychological suspense with espionage-laced storytelling. At its center is Dekker himself: haunted, calculated, and never quite done with the life he tried to outrun. He’s not your standard thriller protagonist. He’s slower to trust, quicker to disappear—and deeply aware of the costs that come with knowing too much.
What sets this series apart is its mood: cold, deliberate, and unnervingly plausible. There’s action, yes—but it’s the kind that simmers until it snaps. The tension builds in the silences between words, in the coded messages no one’s supposed to read. Each installment peels back layers of global conspiracy and personal reckoning, revealing that the biggest threats are often the ones closest to home.
Perfect for readers drawn to intelligent, high-stakes thrillers with an emotional core, the Mac Dekker series doesn’t offer easy answers—only the kind of secrets that change everything once uncovered.
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