Trained Marine sniper Nathan McBride is the sole survivor of Montez de Oca, the brutal Nicaraguan interrogator who tortured countless souls to death before vanishing fourteen years ago. Though McBride's body--as well as his soul--still bear the scars from the interrogator's blade, he dares to hope the worst is behind him.
But when the FBI recovers a mutilated body from a remote Utah lake, McBride needs just one glimpse to know the truth: Montez de Oca has resurfaced, this time on American soil. And McBride will be damned if he lets him escape again. So begins a quest for justice that will push McBride to the edge, pitting his capacity for mercy against his hunger for vengeance in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse that will reach into the highest levels of the US government.
A native of San Diego, Andrew Peterson won his first pellet-gun shooting competition at a young age, launching an award-winning career in marksmanship where he earned the title of Master in the NRA's high-power rifle competition program. With an architectural degree from the University of Oklahoma, he began writing fiction as a hobby in 1990 and sold his first short story, "Mr. Haggarty's Stop," to San Diego Writers Monthly two years later. In 2008, the launch of his debut novel, First to Kill, allowed him the opportunity to visit VA hospitals around the country, and he's donated more than three thousand copies to wounded warriors and troops serving overseas. He and his wife, Carla, live in Monterey County, California.
"An absolutely bone-chilling thriller. Equal parts Stephen Hunter and Thomas Harris. Imagine Bob Lee Swagger going after Hannibal Lecter and you will have only scratched the surface of this intensely exciting novel. Forced to Kill will haunt you long after you read its last brilliantly plotted page." --Brad Thor, author of Black List
Praise for The Nathan McBride Series:
"Andrew Peterson has created the most brutally effective thriller hero to appear in years. He handles a plot line like his hero might a well-oiled sniper rifle." -- Ridley Pearson, author of Killer Weekend
"Part Jack Reacher, part Jason Bourne, Nathan McBride is a compelling, conflicted hero." -- Steve Berry, author of The Columbus Affair
"McBride is an extremely promising hero... competent, intelligent, cool-under-pressure hero...his adventures will be a big hit with thriller fans." --Publishers Weekly
"...thriller readers will enjoy this fast-paced tale starring a wonderful hero whose escapades never seen to end." --The Mystery Gazette
"Nathan McBride is a larger-than-life Rambo-type character, but he's no less believable than Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan." --The San Luis Tribune
"Nathan McBride is a truly memorable protagonist whose sense of honor and loyalty take him down dark paths. The breakneck pace and pulse-pounding action herald the arrival of a major new find." --RT Book Reviews