Was it patriotism? A tragic mistake? Or murder? What really happened? Who knows the truth? No, this has nothing to do with the Trump Administration. These are key questions conjured in a new novel, Probity, by Thomas Gatta. The premise of the novel: during a night raid in Afghanistan in 2009, an elite Special Unit officer enters a dark compound in search of terrorists. The officer kills civilians, including 16 schoolboys. The officer's actions are concealed until a colleague goes to the Congressional Oversight Committees and blows the whistle.
Gatta writes under a pen name but clearly is acquainted with Washington organizations. His author biography indicates he served for more than 25 years in the US Government doing "hush hush stuff," and his "author photo" is a picture of a cat with a bent ear. Nonetheless, Gatta seems to know his subject--the Global War on Terror. Spinning a tale that will challenge your convictions, Gatta goes beyond the typical moral pap of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Robert Ludlum, and Valerie Plame. Gatta goes for depth, not superficial thrills. This a new novel you might have to think about. But then what does Probity really mean?
