The Firefly
A Novel
P. T. Deutermann
- At
- midnight,
- in
- a
- secret
- medical
- clinic
- in
- Washington,
- D.C.,
- two
- foreign
- doctors
- and
- their
- team
- are
- completing
- plastic
- surgery
- on
- an
- anonymous
- client
- who
- is
- changing
- the
- appearance
- of
- his
- face,
- among
- other
- things.
- After
- the
- procedure,
- the
- client
- begins
- to
- stir-and
- suddenly
- the
- operating
- room
- erupts
- in
- violence
- and
- the
- clinic
- is
- ablaze.Washington
- police
- conduct
- an
- arson
- investigation,
- with
- inconclusive
- results.
- But
- one
- tantalizing
- fragment
- of
- evidence
- suggests
- that
- a
- terrorist
- bombing
- may
- be
- imminent.
- The
- presidential
- inauguration
- is
- quickly
- approaching
- and
- Washington's
- police,
- fire,
- intelligence,
- military,
- federal,
- and
- White
- House
- security
- teams
- are
- making
- frantic
- preparations.
- Because
- of
- the
- strain
- on
- manpower,
- retired
- Secret
- Service
- agent
- Swamp
- Morgan
- is
- recalled
- to
- active
- duty.
- His
- task:
- investigate
- the
- incineration
- of
- the
- medical
- clinic
- as
- a
- "firefly"-
- Washington-speak
- for
- something
- that
- looks
- like
- a
- threat
- but
- isn't.As
- Swamp
- begins
- what
- he
- thinks
- is
- a
- routine
- check-and-dismiss,
- the
- clinic's
- missing
- client
- begins
- preparations
- for
- his
- mission:
- to
- launch
- an
- attack
- on
- the
- American
- government
- -
- a
- decapitation
- strike
- intended
- to
- wipe
- out
- both
- the
- outgoing
- and
- incoming
- administrations.
- As
- the
- crucial
- day
- approaches,
- Swamp,
- the
- only
- agent
- to
- take
- the
- firefly
- seriously,
- must
- operate
- alone
- as
- the
- clock
- clicks
- down
- to
- a
- breathtaking
- finale.Filled
- with
- brilliant
- twists
- and
- turns
- and
- heart-in-your
- throat
- suspense,
- Firefly
- offers
- first
- class
- entertainment
- from
- beginning
- to end.
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