Deep Cover Shakedown
Dennis King
- First,
- a
- minor
- point
- about
- the
- BlackSteel
- series.
- If
- I
- say
- ‘Jeep’
- or
- ‘M16’
- most
- people
- can
- visualize
- those.
- However,
- if
- I
- say
- ‘MRAP’,
- ‘PM9’,
- or
- ‘Kriss
- Super
- V’
- many
- folks
- could
- not
- bring
- to
- mind
- what
- those
- look
- like.
- So
- I’ve
- distributed
- a
- few
- illustrations
- throughout
- the
- novel.
- Looking
- for
- feedback,
- is
- that
- a
- good
- idea
- or
- not?Deep
- Cover
- Shakedown
- is
- a
- stand-alone
- story
- but
- the
- sequel
- to
- 'Betrayed
- by
- Soldiers.'
- Each
- novel
- will
- appeal
- to
- past
- and
- present
- members
- of
- the
- Army,
- Air
- Force,
- Navy,
- and
- Marine
- Corps
- and
- readers
- interested
- in
- detective
- or
- espionage
- stories.
- The
- leading
- male
- characters
- are
- First
- Lieutenant
- Robert
- Steele
- and
- Sergeant
- Cassius
- Kelly,
- both
- Recon
- Marines.
- The
- central
- female,
- Army
- Corporal
- Isabella
- DuLay,
- is
- portrayed
- as
- intelligent
- and
- strong,
- yet
- vulnerable,
- and
- spunky.In
- this
- novel,
- the
- criminal
- network
- is
- almost
- stamped
- out
- by
- the
- dangerous
- undercover
- work
- of
- Sergeant
- Kelly
- and
- Corporal
- DuLay.
- Once
- Lieutenant
- Steele,
- a
- double
- amputee,
- is
- released
- from
- Walter
- Reed
- Hospital,
- will
- they
- and
- their
- fledgling
- Security
- and
- Private
- Investigating
- firm,
- BlackSteel,
- survive
- the
- foreign
- government’s
- hitmen?These
- Afghanistan,
- Pentagon,
- and
- US
- East
- coast
- adventures
- are
- best
- described
- as
- a
- military
- drama,
- supported
- by
- real
- wartime
- events
- woven
- into
- webs
- of
- deceit
- and
- triumphs.
- I
- introduce
- the
- reader
- to
- the
- best
- our
- armed
- services
- offer,
- and
- a
- glimpse
- of
- the
- dishonest,
- some
- say
- unconstitutional,
- acts
- of
- our
- government
- at
- the
- highest
- of
- levels
- in
- this
- war
- on
- terror
- era.
- Being
- semi
- fact-based
- makes
- for
- believable
- character
- situations
- and
- lures
- the
- readers
- in
- because
- they
- remember
- wisps
- of
- reported
- events
- interspersed
- with
- truths
- they
- might
- know.Can
- our
- heroes
- bust
- up
- the
- networks
- selling
- black
- market
- explosives
- to
- terrorists,
- and
- distributing
- counterfeit
- bills?
- Tracking
- spies
- and
- traitors,
- they
- not
- only
- survive
- firefights
- but
- battle
- inter-agency
- turf
- struggles
- between
- the
- Department
- of
- Justice,
- NSA,
- and
- the Pentagon.
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