Book : The Outside Man (a Matt Drake Novel) - Bentley, Don

-Titulo Original : The Outside Man (a Matt Drake Novel)

-Fabricante :

Berkley

-Descripcion Original:

The fight for freedom has sent Matt Drake to some of the worlds most dangerous spots. This time the war is coming to his front door. Broad daylight on an Austin, Texas, street and DIA operative Matt Drake is fighting for his life against a highly trained team of assassins. Who are they? Why do they want him dead? How will he protect those closest to him?The answers will take him into some of the most dangerous spots in the Middle East and will put him in the clutches of an old foe known simply as the Devil. Its a world of double crosses, with no boundaries between the guilty and the innocent. It will take all of Drakes wiles to get out alive. Review [A]nother super-charged, action-packed adventure that’s tailor-made for fans of Mark Greaney and Brad Taylor...Gritty, timely, and packed with nonstop, heart-thumping action, Don Bentley’s The Outside Man is a must-read for fans of propulsive, unputdownable thrillers.-The Real Book Spy[D]evoted action fans, will be right at home. All can benefit from Drakes insider tips: get military pepper spray if you can; the commercial stuff is a powder puff.-Booklist“Bentley adds brains to the traditional brawn of yesteryear in crafting a thinking mans shoot-em-up that keeps us on the edge of our seat from beginning to end.”-The Providence Journal[A] bloodied and world-weary Matt Drake has returned to try to save the world...The Outside Man...reinforc[es] Bentley’s status as a fresh and worthy entrant into the top tier of military-political thriller authors such as Brad Thor, the late Vince Flynn, James Haig and others.-BookTrib“The Outside Man is among the rare class of sequels that outshine their predecessors….Bentley possesses that unique combination of storytelling ability and personal life experience that lends an air of realism which cannot be faked. For fans of writers like Simon Gervais, Mark Greaney, and Jack Carr, Don Bentley’s The Outside Man is sure to be a new favorite.”-Coffee or Die Magazine About the Author Don Bentley spent a decade as an Army Apache helicopter pilot, and while deployed in Afghanistan was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal with V device for valor. Following his time in the military, Don worked as an FBI special agent focusing on foreign intelligence and counterintelligence and was a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team member. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. one Austin, Texas Austin in February is paradise. While the rest of the country is gripped with snow, biting cold, or both, the self-professed home of the weird is in full flower. Endless blue Texas skies stretch from horizon to horizon, temperatures hover in the low sixties, and woodsmoke and slow-cooking brisket flavor the air. In February, its hard to have a bad day in Austin. But I was giving it a helluva try. I stomped on the gas pedal as the traffic light changed from yellow to amber. The eight-cylinder Hemi replied with a chest-rumbling growl, sending my truck hurtling through the intersection. A split second later, I slammed on the brakes, bringing the five-thousand-pound Dodge Ram to a screeching stop. A comfortable six inches now separated my pickup and the bumper-sticker-adorned electric blue Prius ahead of me. On the bench seat to my right, a packet of papers slid toward the floorboard. I made a grab for them and missed, snagging the thin green tissue wrapping a bouquet of crimson roses instead. All things considered, Id take the flowers over the papers any day. Even with the papers scattered across the trucks floorboard, I could still read the words radiology department stamped across the tops of the pages in sterile block letters. At this distance, the spidery blue handwriting filling the margins wasnt legible, but I knew what the doctor had scribbled all the same. The Prius driver glared in his rearview mirror, and I chuckled. Apparently the coexist sticker plastered to his bumpe