Retrograde Absolution is the follow up novel to 2020’s Frozen Reaction. During the Afghanistan Retrograde, an Afghan intelligence operative, Callsign: Wrangler, tries desperately to get his family to safety. With the situation growing more and more dire, Wrangler and his family reach out to a private security firm, Norseman Consulting, conducting extraction operations out of Tajikistan. When their first plan goes awry, the operative, his family, and the private security contractors have to adapt to a rapidly deteriorating environment to make their escape from the Taliban.
Norseman Consulting faces more threats than the Taliban alone. The firm unexpectedly uncovers a lethal adversary back home, ruthlessly targeting them from the shadows. Will Norseman Consulting’s operatives survive the fall of Afghanistan, only to be taken out at home?