THAI HORSE

Christian Hatcher, the licensed killer they call the Shadow Warrior, is  free from a hellhole South American jail. The former special ops officer returns to Hong Kong and Bangkok--- deadly and seductive stops on the heroin pipeline—to track down his best friend, missing since the war.

During the years of the Vietnam War, CHRISTIAN HATCHER did the things no one else could—or would—do. Officially  recognized by no one, working under the most secret conditions, Hatcher came to be known as the  Shadow Warrior. Living in the Shadows, Hatcher made some friends during those years, but he made many more enemies.

The one man he considered a friend was his boss, SLOAN. It was Sloan who recruited Hatcher, who sold him on his patriotic duty. And it was Sloan who, years later, double crossed Hatcher, setting him up to spend three years in the brutal South American prison known only as Los Boxes.

When finally sprung, Hatcher became a super thief. He carved out an elegant life-style, living high, developing expensive tastes, making love to beautiful women. But now Sloan needs him. There is one more assignment. 

MURPHY CODY, the son of General William “Buffalo Bill” Cody and once Hatcher’s best friend, was supposedly killed in Nam fifteen years ago. But something has turned up. Word has come that Murphy Cody might be alive. For reasons known only to Sloan, Cody must be found. And there is only one man who can possibly find him—Christian Hatcher.

 So Hatcher returns to the Far East following the heroin pipeline leading from the notorious Golden Triangle. He begins the long journey into his own personal heart of darkness  as he searches for the man presumed dead for fifteen years and for someone or something known as Thai Horse.

Praise For Thai Horse

"It's enough to make Ludlum seem humdrum."
-- Atlanta Journal & Constitution

 "Diehl knows how to tell a story, and his novel moves."
-- The New York Times Book  Review

"In the best thriller tradition.,"
-- Los Angeles Times