The Room of White Fire : a novel
(Book)

For fans of Michael Connelly and C. J. Box: a stirring thriller from New York Times bestseller and award winner T. Jefferson Parker. In The Room of White Fire, a P.I. must hunt down a soldier who is damaged by war, dangerous, and on the run.A young soldier escaped from a mental institution.A P.I. carrying his own wounds hired to track that soldier down.A race against the clock to bring the soldier home before he reveals the secret that haunts him.Roland Fordonce a cop, then a marine, now a private investigatoris good at finding people. But when hes asked to locate Air Force veteran Clay Hickman, he realizes hes been drawn into something deep and dark. He knows war, having served as a Marine in first Fallujah; he also knows personal pain, as only two years have passed since his wife, Justine, died. What he doesnt know is why a shroud of secrecy hangs over the disappearance of Clay Hickmanand why hes getting a different story from everyone involved.To begin with, theres Sequoia, the teenage woman who helped Clay escape; shes smart enough to fend off Fords questions but impetuous enough to be on the run with an armed man. Then theres Paige Hulet, Clays doctor, who clearly cares deeply for his welfare but is impossible to read, even as she inspires in Ford the first desire he has felt since his wifes death. And theres Briggs Spencer, the proprietor of the mental institution who is as enigmatic as he is brash, and ambitious to the point of being ruthless. What could Clay possibly know to make this search so desperate?What began as just a job becomes a life-or-death obsession for Ford, pitting him against immensely powerful and treacherous people and forcing him to contend with chilling questions about truth, justice, and the American way.