General Stapleton reached across the table and shook hands with his trusted lieutenant, Colonel Robert Vinsen. The man looked tired and dirty. Stapleton figured he had probably been riding in the turret of an M-ATV most of the way—it was how he rolled. That was one of the reasons why he was St...
COOPER SCANNED THE FAR bank of the Mystic River through his hand-held night vision monocular. It was a poor replacement for his HAHO helmet, but it worked. There were no heat signatures on the other side. The coast was clear. He turned and glanced upriver to the west and spotted a few glowing...
Los Angeles Air Force Base. MR. PRESIDENT, I URGE you—please—lay back down and relax,” pleaded Dr. Honeycutt. The Chief of Emergency Medicine rung his hands—it was clear he was not used to people disobeying his orders. The pounding on the other side of the thick door intensified. Brief muffled ...
As Erik watched his select group of swordsmen practice the moves he had just demonstrated with his katana, he came to the conclusion that they needed a title. There was really nothing he or anyone else could award them, they were really just trying to survive. They didn’t have the luxury of med...
"Anything?" called out Ted's voice from the top of the stairs. "Nope. All quiet." The Professor had recalled his people back inside the safety of the larger dorms at the center of campus. Roger stayed with Ted, Erik, and Brin. "I don't like this, man." Erik looked at Roger. "Why? I thought yo...
The White House. CHARLIE LOOKED UP FROM his computer. "Don't hang over my shoulder, man. If you want to do something, try forcing the doors—find something to pry the damned thing open once I bust the lock." Cooper shifted uncomfortably on his injured leg. The pain was wearing on him, but he fo...
“…want any trouble…” Thomas sprang fully awake at those three muffled words. It was from a second voice, he was sure of it. Suddenly someone pounded on the door hard enough to make a little dust drift down from the top of the door frame. “Hey, you Korean bastard! We know you’re in there! Open...