Only the Dead: A Thriller


 
 #1 New York Times bestselling author of In the Blood
 Jack Carr
 Only the Dead
 A Thriller
 
 
 
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 For Thomas M. Rice
 14 August 1921–17 November 2022
 101st Airborne Division
 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
 First in his stick out of his C-47 over Normandy, France, June 6, 1944
 We have the watch,
 and
 For all those who stand vigilant in the shadows.
 
 
 
 Only the dead have seen the end of war.
 —GEORGE SANTAYANA, COMMONLY MISATTRIBUTED TO PLATO
 
 I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States…
 Against all enemies…
 Foreign…
 And domestic…
 —OATH TAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS
 
 “Against all enemies, foreign and domestic” is not included in the president’s oath of office as specified by Article II, Section 1, Clause 8, of the Constitution of the United States.
 
 
 
 PREFACE
 “WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS. 
 PROLOGUE
 Newport, Rhode Island
 1980