Chapter 19 – Summary

Colonel Daniel Weaver investigates Mark Peltier's financial history, discovering a suspicious $900,000 property purchase in the U.S. Virgin Islands despite years of low income, employment gaps, and minimal tax filings. Weaver suspects Peltier may be hiding something and sees this as leverage to force his cooperation with a covert mission.

Weaver concludes that face-to-face intimidation would be most effective and decides to have Peltier forcibly brought to him. He visits General Colin Fraser at Fort Liberty to request the deployment of a specialized team. Weaver explains that Peltier, a former elite Green Beret, is essential for a sensitive operation approved at the highest levels but has refused to participate.

Weaver outlines the challenges: Peltier lives on a heavily secured property with a traumatized family present, so the extraction must occur offsite. He suggests using ketamine and diazepam to subdue Peltier without resistance, though Fraser notes the medical risks involved. Weaver insists on urgency, promises to send identification details, and assures Fraser that his team will not be held accountable if things go wrong—closing with a stern warning not to screw it up.