The Next Sandcastle

In the shadow of the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings that shatter Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, news correspondent Samantha Conover arrives in a city choked with rubble, death, and suspicion.Defying warnings, Sami chases a dangerous lead: a militant group insisting they had no role in the attacks. But when her contact turns up executed alongside two others, her pursuit becomes a nightmare.Ambushed and taken hostage by masked gunmen, Sami endures eleven days of brutal interrogation and torment. As her body breaks and her mind unravels, she surrenders to the inevitable-ready to embrace death if it means the pain ends.Then, in a blinding flash, salvation arrives...from the last people she expected.In a world where truth is the ultimate weapon and hunters hide in plain sight, one journalist discovers the real prey was never who she thought.A true hunter never lets you know you're the prey.