Dan Chase seems to be a normal retiree in Vermont with two large dogs and an independent grown daughter. However, the majority of sixty-year-old widowers do not possess numerous driver's licences, a sizable savings account spread around the nation, or two Beretta nanos hidden in the spare bedroom closet. Most have not been on the run for many years. Suddenly, the overthrow of a Middle Eastern regime puts Dan Chase and the act he committed as a young hotshot in army intelligence back in the spotlight. Chase must revive his survival instincts to deal with the history he has spent his whole adult life trying to escape as he races across the nation and beyond, coming face to face with an army veteran turned agent who plays a key role in the plot. Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Perry writes thrillers that move 'almost faster than a speeding bullet' (Wall Street Journal) and The Old Man is no exception.