The Wasted Vigil (Vintage International)

In a post-9/11 Afghanistan, the lives and destinies of five very different people intertwine--Marcus, an English doctor whose Afghani wife had been murdered by the Taliban; Lara, a Russian woman probing the fate of her brother who vanished during the Soviet invasion; David, an American former spy; Casa, a young Afghani who hates the West; and James, a rigid Special Forces soldier. 35,000 first printing.