"A fast-paced, exhilarating thriller set in Beirut." – Kirkus Reviews BEIRUT, LEBANON, 2020: Home to International Gangsters, Foreign Spies, and Soldiers of Fortune. O'Hara Poit, released early from prison under the pretext of a Covid-19 outbreak, now owes the men who orchestrated it-a radical organization with connections to fringe elements deep within the U.S. political establishment. O'Hara is given an alias and sent to Beirut, where he is tasked with tracking down his estranged childhood friend, Red, now a soldier in a violent anarchist militia being trained by the Volk Group-an elite Russian mercenary force. When Red's militia returns to America, they plan to unleash mayhem and bring down the country. In his quest to stop this from happening, O'Hara must navigate his way among gangsters, spies and even Saudi princes. He meets a beautiful woman, makes dangerous enemies, and learns that nothing in his life is as it seems, and nobody is safe-least of all himself. The mission to find Red becomes a mission to survive. "Move over Lee Child." -Eileen M. Cotto, Amazon Reviewer "A fast-paced, exhilarating thriller set in Beirut." -Kirkus Reviews " Lebanon Red moves so seamlessly from the backstreets of the Bronx to the shady underworld of Beirut you're liable to find yourself wishing you'd packed a side-arm for the read." -Colin Broderick, writer/director of A Bend in The River "McCaffrey writes with the taut no-nonsense energy of early Lee Child but with a noir sensibility all his own. A dynamite debut." -Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, This is How You Lose Her & Drown "A political thriller that will have you racing toward the end. It is ideal for readers who like the combination of crime and politics, and a speck of shady organizations and conspiracy theories. This book is perfect for binge-reading." - Pacific Book Review Luke McCaffrey was born in Yonkers, NY and raised in the Bronx, where he lived for over three decades. He has spent time living in North Carolina and Egypt, and currently resides in Berthoud, Colorado with his wife, three daughters and their Italian mastiff named Cairo. He wrote this novel while serving as a firefighter with the Denver Fire Department.