The Detour is a gripping thriller of identity, survival, and the battle for a nation’s future.

Once a powerful CEO and former Special Ops commando, Jack Baron has lost everything. With no options left, he sets out on a grueling journey on foot from San Francisco to Los Angeles, his last few dollars slipping through his fingers. But when hunger forces him to stop in San Luis Obispo, he is left with only one choice: take the only available job—a domestic maid.

His employer’s sister, Jasmine, sees him as a blank canvas, a chance to mold him into someone new, someone entirely different, with radical changes, with him emerging as Daisy. But beyond the walls of the home, a covert battle is brewing—one led by her employer, Colonel Max Burke, a military advisor to the Pentagon entangled in a web of espionage, betrayal, and national stakes far greater than Jack could ever imagine.

The unsuspecting housekeeper is drawn into the unfolding conspiracy—a fight not only for identity but also for survival and the fate of an entire nation. Navigating a world of deception, shifting allegiances, and dangerous truths, Daisy must decide who she truly is and how far she will go when the future hangs in the balance.

What begins as a detour for survival becomes a battle for everything, and Daisy soon realizes that the most significant transformation isn’t the one she chose, but the one she never saw coming.

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