Missionaries is a literary fiction book by author Phil Klay.
A sweeping, interconnected novel of ideas in the tradition of Joseph Conrad and Norman Mailer.
A group of Colombian soldiers prepare to raid the safe house of a drug lord on the Venezuelan border. They were tracking him with an American-made drone, preparing to strike using military tactics taught to them by American soldiers who had honed their skills to the point of Perfectly lethal in Iraq. In Missionaries, Phil Klay examines the globalization of violence through the interlocking stories of four characters and the conflicts that define their lives.

For Mason, a U.S. Army Special Forces doctor, and Lisette, a foreign correspondent, America’s post-9/11 wars in the Middle East have taken on a monstrous appeal. which neither side can move. All roads lead to Colombia, where the United States has partnered with local authorities to stop predatory drug cartels.

Mason, now a liaison officer for the Colombian army, is ready for the righteous fight, and Lisette is ready to support it. Juan Pablo, a Colombian officer, must manage to manage the American presence and navigate a snake nest of factions vying for power. Abel, a lieutenant in the local militia, has lost almost everything in the seemingly endless carnage in his home province, where the line between drug cartels, militias and government water is very permeable.

Drawing on six years of research in the US and Colombia on the impact of modern warfare on ordinary people, Klay has written an extraordinary suspense novel imbued with geopolitical flair and instinct. Storytelling is second to none. The missionary is not only the door to modern warfare but also to the lives of individuals that continue long after the drones have left the skies.

Phil Klay’s landmark novel The Missionaries offers haunting glimpses of the practice of modern warfare in regions as far apart as Iraq and Afghanistan to Colombia and Venezuela. His equally poignant and engaging story combines four storylines with a wide range of individuals from decision-making influencers to proactive warfare, to messengers and reporting of chaos. of war, to those fighting on the front lines of war, and to those who suffer and become victims of the unbridled violence of war.

We see Abel, a native of Colombia, as he suffers gruesome loss in the rural towns of his country and then he becomes a fighter in a militia before trying to Try to redirect your life to normal. We see Lisette, a daring reporter, as she correspondences in Afghanistan before she sets her journalistic sights on Colombian villages and towns ravaged by drugs and drug lords. We see Mason, a military medic, as he endures the rigors of combat, and then we see him as a veteran working for the US government as an adviser to the military. Colombia. And we see Juan Pablo, a lieutenant colonel in the Colombian special forces, and how he is responsible for tracking drug targets and strategizing operations.

• Missionaries

• A Novel
• By: Phil Klay

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