Book didn't really start out "slow" but there was a stage early on that took some effort to get into. After that, the pages flowed. Dog gone good read and that's why we're here... right?This book is exactly what one should expect from a military author. Good on action, high on detail, moments ...
This short story was meant to give readers a look at how the task force was formed for a series of Pike Logan novels. It was an unusually quick read. I finished it in about an hour. The premise was good, but it seemed rushed and confusing to me. The beginning was drawn out, I didn't understand a ...
He cracked them and saw Kamil’s back at the computer. His hands were still handcuffed to the radiator pipe, and his lap was covered in blood. His shirt clung to his body, soaked in sweat. He saw his pants were still yanked down around his knees, and his thighs had more slices on them than he reme...
The temperature inside his trailer was damn near freezing due to the number of servers, and it wasn’t like he was going to be banging away on a keyboard any time soon. Well, unless there was an anomaly in the system, which had happened only a few times since the Air Force officially accepted the ...
Aggravating, but something that must be endured. She said, “Your camera ready to go?” I checked a pouch inside my knapsack, glad to be back on the mission, and said, “Yep, tablet’s ready to record.” We broke the plane of the door and I called Knuckl...
Kurt said, “Hang on.” President Warren looked at Creed and said, “Go ahead.” “Sir, we just got a chat request to join a room. I did so, and the terrorists are communicating with me.” Alexander Palmer snapped his fingers, poin...
It was located in south Beirut, still in a prominently Shia area, but outside the hard-core Hezbollah state-within-a-state. Nasrallah posters adorned every other street corner, but that was it. No paranoid gunmen or street toughs with radios. Still, he was generating interest. He could feel the e...
His team was here on some sort of bigwig telecommunications contract, so he got the five-star treatment to support his cover story. Grolier Services didn’t rate. As a small, independent business, we were relegated to a Best Western about a mile away. After seeing the place, I was considering how ...
My inner voice was telling me to run to the front gate. To get out and call in the calvary. That was the safe play, but all I could think about was the chance—no matter how small—that something bad was going to happen to Jennifer in the next few minutes. I might look like a jackass in the city ja...
He saw a single flash of infrared and pushed the truck farther into the brush. He felt the tires grind against a stone and stopped, turning back around. He was rewarded with two flashes. Meaning it was hidden. He exited, dragging a small rucksack full of audio devices. Dec...
The man had too many connections. Too many ways to counter him. He needed the targets from Qatar separated from any help. It was the primary reason he’d chosen Greece instead of Qatar to begin with. He’d debated and finally decided Nikos had to go. It was a complication, but a necessary one. &nbs...
“We’re headed to Belize. I’m going to a place called Puerto Barrios on the eastern edge of Guatemala. From there, we’ll take a ferry to a town called Punta Gorda.” “What’re we going to do there? Maybe we should just fly out from here.” “Maybe, but I’ve been to Belize a few times, so I know it bet...
I waited, knowing the team would give me a call when they felt it necessary. Which didn’t make it easier, I’ll tell you that. I pulled out a small set of binoculars and focused on the entrance to the park, seeing uniformed police running about, with many headed up the path...
Blood began walking down the hallway, checking doors. I said, “Why? What’s he doing?” “I guess just making the rounds. Find a place to hide.” Blood came jogging back. “All the doors have keypads. We can’t even get back into the office we used.” &nbs...
Watching him hang up, his face drained of color, Yuri knew he was afraid to state what had occurred. Initially, Dmitri had been giddy with his accomplishment of the car-hack mission. After executing the previous hacking operation, Yuri had opted to remain with Vlad, leavin...
He slammed lower behind the outcropping and felt his face, seeing blood on his assault gloves. His platoon leader, First Lieutenant Blake Alberty, threw himself into the prone and said with black humor, “You get our asses out of here, and I’ll get you another Purple Heart.” &nbs...