'Breaking Ranks' is a supercharged thriller of conspiracy and cover-up in an Airborne division at war with itself.
Major Mark Isen returns in a shattering novel where the truth behind a controversial death leads to an explosive journey into the very core of today's army. The reports out of Fort Bragg are detached and to the point: Second Lieutenant Michael Hauk, 82nd Airborne, spent a drunken night at a strip club, went out to his car for his nine-millimeter pistol, put it in his mouth, and pulled the trigger.
Mark Isen is put in charge of the investigation but is met with stone-cold silence and outright hostility from the elite band of paratroopers. Ultimately, Isen, confronted with deadly conspirational forces, discovers his battle is bigger than he imagined - as he goes one-on-one with an army icon, a division, and an institution to expose the deadly intentions and the dark side of military pride.