DESERT CHASE — The Hunt for Tariq: An Alec Theron International Thriller

A father hunts across the Sahara to save his kidnapped son before extremists turn the boy into a weapon. Alec Theron built his life on rules. Procedures. Evidence. But no protocol prepares a father for the moment his twelve-year-old son is taken across the ocean and vanished into the sands of the Algerian Sahara. In North Africa, Tarq is forced into labor, prayer, and eventually armed indoctrination by men who trade in children and obedience. Every mile he's taken deeper into the desert, he feels his identity slipping as fast as the horizon recedes. From Buffalo to Berlin. and far into the Sahara, Alec tears through bureaucratic stonewalls, consular dead ends, and geopolitical minefields. With the help of a Mossad agent and scattered allies, he begins a pursuit that will force him into the very camps where Tariq is being remade into a fanatic's weapon. From opposite ends of the desert, a father races toward his son, while a son races toward his destiny. Each changed by what they've seen, and by what they've done to survive. But every choice carries a cost. Every delay risks the final loss. To bring Taríq home, Alec must learn how far a man can bend the rules before breaking himself.