Talons of the Falcon (Peregrine Connection)

Five years ago Mark Bradley walked out on Eden Sommers and just disappeared. Would she ever love another man as she had loved Mark? She was chosen by The Raven for a covert operation. She was being sent to Pine Island to ascertain if the man being held there was really Lt. Col. Mark Bradley or some one smuggled in to take his place. Major Ross Downing ran the Island by the book and he was determined to break the man under his control. So far the man know as Mark Bradley did not break - no information was pried out of him. Now he was using the threat of an unpredictable truth serum that could kill Mark. Dr. Hubbard has finally found someone he can talk shop to in Eden but just how far could he go? Would he pander to Downing? Captain Walker, Lieutenant Price and Captain Yolanski were monitering the comings and goings of Eden and Mark. And listening in on all conversations. Sgt. Wayne Marshall was Mark's male nurse who took is job very seriously, even to listening at the doorways. The biggest danger was the East German doctor, Hans Erlich and what he may have put into Mark's mind. What kind of torture has the doctor subjected Mark to? When it came to escaping the Island a very good friend of Mark's showed up to help - Michael Rome. He had worked with Mark before and Connie sent him as back-up. The escape lead to humiliation, danger, and murder. Eden still had to crack the hold Erlich had over Mark. And the Raven needed the information that Mark has gotten to expose the imbedded Russian spy in the Pentagon and to keep the Orion project safe. Wow! lots of tense moments - a pulsing love story - lots of uncertianty of mind blowing proportions - great characters - definite intrigue that keeps the trail hot. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- m --- Another keeper trilogy for the book shelves.

This is one of the stories that makes you not want to run out ofbook. Endearing characters and a well-designed mystery/romance--true intrigue.From the rear cover:Would his lips tell a lie? He had obsidian eyes and raven hair, unbound skill and a masterful air...and for a time Eden Sommers loved him. But five years ago, Lt. Col. Mark Bradley disappeared. Though she tried, she couldn't forget him...especially when a clandestine agency secreted her off to a windswept island to face him once again. But was the amn who claimed to have stolen away from his captors the real Mark Bradley? She'd spent nights in his arms, but now her days could be numbered. For if Mark hadn't been brainwashed by the enemy, as was suspected, then he was a cleverly coached impostor---one whose look, whose touch, whose kiss only Eden could tell....