Diamondhead

408 pages. When Navy SEAL Mack Bedford's fellow officers are brutally killed by Iraqi in surgents using a devastating, new anti-tank Diamondhead missile, Mack avenges th eir murders by gunning down the then unarmed attackers, ultimately getting himse lf court-martialed and kicked out of the Navy in the process. To make matters wo rse, Mack then learns that the Diamondhead missiles were sold illegally by Frenc h industrialist and infamous politician Henri Foche. Mack suspects that Foche wi ll succeed in his campaign to become the next French President, and fears that h is election will result in the spread of international terrorism. In addition, Mack has a gravely ill son whose life can only be saved by an experimental and u naffordable foreign medical procedure. So when the town s shipbuilding magnate a sks Mack to help assassinate Henri Foche, Mack finds himself agreeing. His rewar d is a chance at survival for both his son and his hometown. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Near the start of this straightforward action thriller f rom bestseller Robinson (Ghost Force), insurgents fire internationally banned Di amondhead missiles at a tank convoy in central Iraq led by Navy SEAL Lt. Cdr. Ma ckenzie Bedford, incinerating a number of Mack's men in their tanks. In retaliat ion, Mack guns down the dozen Arabs who fired the missiles as they attempt a fak e surrender, for which he's drummed out of the navy. Back home, Mack's son, Tomm y, is suffering from a rare disease that can only be cured by an operation costi ng $1 million. Mack agrees to help assassinate right-wing politician Henri Foche , a major shareholder in the French manufacturer of the Diamondhead, to earn tha t $1 million. Foche, who's running for the presidency of France, promises polici.…