A Way Out

About the Book

Ex-Navy SEAL John Thompson hears car tires crunching across his gravel driveway. It contains a sheriff and his deputy. With grave faces, they inform Thompson that his brother is dead, murdered in the Washington J.W. Marriott Hotel, a few short blocks from the White House. Filled with anger and disbelief, Thompson heads to Washington to collect his brother’s body. Upon his arrival, he learns the Metro Police think the deceased is Bruce Johnson, a DEA agent killed in the line of duty, and refers Thompson to the DEA. All of Thompon’s calls to the DEA go unanswered. Putting his SEAL training to work, Thompson hunts for truth and soon finds himself in Paris, Tallinn, Istanbul, Moscow and Rome. But it is in the nation’s capital that he finally pulls all the pieces together and the truth is revealed.

About the Author

Brook J. Gillespie grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. After graduating from The Hotchkiss School, he briefly attended the University of Richmond before entering the computer industry. For the last 17 years, he has played a wide range of roles in the industry, including a four-year term on the Computer Systems Technical Advisory Committee (CSTAC), a Presidential Committee that advises the President on international trade issues as they relate to the strategic security concerns of the United States and COCOM. Currently, he is a consultant who designs and writes software for large, multinational companies. This is his first novel.