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Chapters (59)
  1. Part I Reconnaissance
  2. Chapter One
  3. Chapter Two
  4. Chapter Three
  5. Part II Incursion
  6. Chapter Four
  7. Chapter Five
  8. Chapter Six
  9. Chapter Seven
  10. Chapter Eight
  11. Chapter Nine
  12. Chapter Ten
  13. Part III Under Siege
  14. Chapter Eleven
  15. Chapter Twelve
  16. Chapter Thirteen
  17. Part IV Course Correction
  18. Chapter Fourteen
  19. Part V Balance of Power
  20. Chapter Fifteen
  21. Chapter Sixteen
  22. Chapter Seventeen
  23. Chapter Eighteen
  24. Chapter Nineteen
  25. Chapter Twenty
  26. Chapter Twenty-One
  27. Chapter Twenty-Two
  28. Chapter Twenty-Three
  29. Chapter Twenty-Four
  30. Chapter Twenty-Five
  31. Chapter Twenty-Six
  32. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  33. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  34. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  35. Part VI Spy versus Spy
  36. Chapter Thirty
  37. Chapter Thirty-One
  38. Chapter Thirty-Two
  39. Chapter Thirty-Three
  40. Part VII Winds of War and Flame
  41. Chapter Thirty-Four
  42. Chapter Thirty-Five
  43. Chapter Thirty-Six
  44. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  45. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  46. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  47. Chapter Forty
  48. Chapter Forty-One
  49. Part VIII Strong to the Finish
  50. Chapter Forty-Two
  51. Chapter Forty-Three
  52. Part IX Spy Games
  53. Chapter Forty-Four
  54. Chapter Forty-Five
  55. Chapter Forty-Six
  56. Part X What Goes Around
  57. Chapter Forty-Seven
  58. Chapter Forty-Eight
  59. About the Author

Matt shook it and paused. “I know it’s no consolation, that there were so many variables you couldn’t control, but after meeting you and reading the reports, I truly believe you did the best thing you could given the circumstances. And I’m sure your neighbors feel the same, especially that one next door.”

“I hope so,” Zack said, the weight of all that he’d done still hitting him at random moments over the past two weeks. His conscience was clear, but even then, the butcher’s bill had been high.

As the director of the CIA walked out the front door of his home, he added, “When it’s all said and done, though, there’s only one whose opinion truly matters, and he’s not talking.”

Matt stopped on the porch and turned around. “You’re wrong. He just talks in ways that are harder to understand sometimes. Like I said, your neighbors know what you are, and I guarantee they’re grateful for it.”

Zack nodded, although he still wasn’t sure. He knew that in life, his neighbors’ actions toward him from the night of the siege forward would tell the real story. So far, he thought it might be a story with a happy ending. Then again, it’s life. Happy endings are never guaranteed for anyone. Ever.

“I pray you’re right. I truly do,” Zack said, and closed the door one last time.

About the Author

About the Author

Matthew Betley is the author of the Logan West Thrillers and a former Marine Officer of ten years. Trained as a scout sniper platoon commander, an infantry officer, and a ground intelligence officer, his experiences include deployments to Djibouti after September 11, and Fallujah and Iraq prior to the Surge. A New Jersey native who considers Cincinnati home but now resides on the East Coast, he graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a BA in psychology and minors in political science and sociology.

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