Deep Cover Shakedown

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.