Overview

Pitting daughter against father, Line of Battle creates political intrigue filled with subterfuge, betrayal, and the slaughter of non-combatants - the hallmarks of the "dirty wars" of our time. Mara Adams, a young American anthropologist working in the Himalayas, is kidnapped, raped, and brutally tortured by men intent upon controlling her politically powerful father, Edmond Adams. Edmond has advocated and perpetrated similar secret and troubling US government activities in third world countries from Iran-Contra to the present. After she's been thought dead for two years, Mara returns home. Where was she during that time? Who is she now? What dangerous secrets does she carry? Line of Battle tells a tale of conscience in a world where our better selves have become lost. Both political and deeply personal, it charts Mara's course through darkness - a journey that, surprisingly, is filled with light. The cadence of the writing and the mesmerizing skies of the Himalayas predominate. We are set free.