Douglas Cooper was never meant to be a hero.

A cultural anthropologist with an unusually precise mind, Doug is more comfortable with research, language, ritual, and pattern than violence. But when his older brother is murdered while investigating the disappearance of a teenage girl named Joon, Doug is pulled into a search that quickly becomes more dangerous than he understands.

Joon was not taken at random. She was chosen, profiled, and stolen to fulfill a stranger’s order.

As Doug follows the trail his brother left behind, he uncovers a hidden network that treats human lives as inventory and mistakes as loose ends. He is not a detective, a soldier, or a man looking for a fight. But he is grieving, angry, and surrounded by an unlikely circle of loyal, wounded, funny, and fiercely determined allies who refuse to look away.

Every answer brings them closer to the people responsible, and closer to the terrifying moment when intelligence, love, humor, and loyalty may not be enough.

Oath of the Osprey is a character-driven commercial thriller about grief, courage, gallows humor, emotional stakes, and the fierce bonds of found family.

This novel contains mature themes, violence, strong language, and emotional intensity.

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