Thomas Gatta

Probity Thomas Gatta

During a night raid in Afghanistan in 2009, an elite Special Unit "Ghost" officer enters a dark compound in search of terrorists. The officer kills civilians, including 16 schoolboys. The "Ghost's" actions remain concealed until the present when another Special Unit officer goes to the Congressional Oversight Committees and blows the whistle. The novel opens as the prosecutor for the US Court for the Eastern District of Virginia begins the State's case against the alleged killer. During the trial, troubling details and disturbing questions emerge. The "Ghost" officer operated in the shadows with little oversight...what were his orders? What really happened? Who knows the truth?