Shattered

Nate "Doc" Schroder is the medic for the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team. A former Pararescueman, he has spent his career walking into danger to pull other people out, and his wife, Taya, is one of the people he has saved. The team's Latin motto, Servare Vitas, means to save lives.

Then a catastrophic event turns the situation around. Nate, who has always been the rescuer, becomes the man who needs rescuing, and he survives.

Surviving is only the first stage. His medical training cannot carry him through the dark days that follow, and the book stays with that long recovery rather than with the rescue work itself. His teammates gather around him as he struggles.

Taya fights to bring her husband back from the edge, refusing to let him slip away. With her beside him and the team behind him, Nate has to find a new reason to keep digging deep. The open question is whether he can become whole again.