Nairobi, 1998. When the U.S. Embassy explodes, ambitious journalist Samantha Conover sees one thing: her moment.Defying her network and ignoring every warning, Sami chases a story no one else will touch — a militant group insisting they had no role in the attack. It's the kind of scoop that makes careers.It nearly ends hers.Ambushed and taken hostage alongside her team, Sami endures eleven days of brutal captivity that push her to the edge of survival. When Army special forces pull her out, she emerges broken — and suddenly, undeniably famous.The story she survived becomes the story the world can't stop watching. Overnight, Sami is catapulted from ambitious news correspondent to national name. The nightly news desk she has always wanted is finally within reach.But fame is complicated. So is recovery.Battling the ghosts of a turbulent past — old demons, a fractured family, an estranged father — Sami tries to hold herself together long enough to capitalize on the moment she's waited her whole career for. And then a man enters her life. Quiet. Steady. Nothing like anyone she's ever known.She doesn't know who he really is.She doesn't know that the story isn't over.She doesn't know that someone has been watching her very carefully — and that the real operation began the moment she was rescued.The Next Sandcastle spans from the rubble of Nairobi to the morning of September 11, 2001. By the final page, nothing is what it appeared to be.A true hunter never lets you know you're the prey.For fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, and Daniel Silva. Rooted in the real history of one of the most consequential decades in modern intelligence.
