The General's Daughter (novel)

The General's Daughter

Author	Nelson DeMille
Language	English
Series	Paul Brenner
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date	November 16, 1992
Publication place	United States
Pages	454
ISBN	978-0446364805
OCLC	54882951
Followed by	Up Country

The General's Daughter is a 1992 military mystery novel by the American author Nelson DeMille. The novel introduces protagonist Paul Brenner, who is also featured in DeMille's novels Up Country and The Panther. The General's Daughter was made into a 1999 film of the same name, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. In the movie, Captain Ann Campbell's first name was changed to Elisabeth.

Plot

Captain Ann Campbell is a West Point graduate, the daughter of legendary General "Fighting Joe" Campbell. She is the pride of Fort Hadley until, one morning, her body is found naked and bound on the firing range. Paul Brenner is a member of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division's elite undercover investigative unit, and the man in charge of this politically explosive case. Teamed with rape specialist Cynthia Sunhill, with whom he once had a tempestuous, doomed affair, Brenner is about to learn just how many people were sexually, emotionally, and dangerously involved with the Army's "golden girl", and how the neatly pressed uniforms and honor codes of the military hide a corruption as rank as Ann Campbell's shocking secret life.