Armored
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Joshua Duffy is a Close Protection Agent--a professional bodyguard--and as such, he's one of the world's elite operatives. That is, he was--until his last mission in Lebanon. Against all odds, Josh got his principal out alive, but the cost was high: the loss of Josh's lower left leg. There's not much call for a high-end guardian with such an injury. So Josh has to support his family by working as a mall cop in Virginia. For a man like Josh, this is purgatory on Earth. But miracles can occur even in the suburbs. A lucky run-in reunites Josh with an old comrade who offers the desperate man a shot at a lucrative job. The UN is sending a peace mission into the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico, an area so dangerous it's known as the Espinazo del Diablo--the Devil's Spine. It's a perfect match: the team protecting the negotiators needs one more man, and Josh needs the work. Now Josh just has to ignore the voice in his head telling him what everyone knows: only a fool would think they could broker peace between the homicidal drug cartels in the region...and only a madman would sign on to keep those fools alive.