The Heretic (Gus Deacon)

Gus Deacon was once a company man. It didn't work out. Between the lies, the double-dealing and the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, the CIA just didn't feel like home anymore. So he found himself living in self-imposed exile in Europe, working as a freelance underworld operative. Selling his deadly skills to the highest bidder just seemed like a good career move. And for a while it was. Until somehow, it all went wrong, and now Europe's most dangerous man wants him dead.

But Gus Deacon finds himself presented with a death-row reprieve. One more job to make amends: retrieve a package of stolen goods. For a man with his skills and contacts, it sounds easy. Maybe too easy. But before the bullets even start flying, Gus Deacon starts to get the uneasy feeling that nothing about this job is quite what it seems. A ruthless arms dealer. A mysterious stranger. Echoes of a past that won't stay dead. And a package that holds the key not only to Gus Deacon's freedom, but the fortunes of millions ...

The Heretic is a fast-paced action thriller. Right from its opening passages, The Heretic tightens its grip until mounting tension explodes in the sound and fury of action, as the dance of deceit draws Deacon ever closer to a shattering conclusion.