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by Trish McCallan


  SEAL Teams: Each SEAL team has 128 men, of which twenty-one are officers and 107 are enlisted. Each team has ten platoons, and each platoon has two squads. There are sixteen men per platoon and eight SEALs per squad.

  SQT (SEAL Qualification Training): SQT teaches tactics, techniques, and special operations procedures.

  USSOC (United States Special Operations Command): Beneath the umbrella of JSOC, the USSOC is the unified combat command and is charged with overseeing special operations command from the army, air force, navy, and marines.

  Zodiac: A rigid-hull inflatable boat with 470-horsepower jet drives. It can reach speeds of forty-five-plus knots and has supreme maneuverability (also known as the beach boat).

  Arapaho Terms

  3ooxonouubeiht: crabby

  be3ees: testicles/balls

  bee’ice’ee’ (singular); bee’ice’ei’i (plural): apple, a derogatory term for children who want to leave the res—red on the outside, white on the inside

  beesnenitee: elder

  Be:he:teiht: the creator

  beniiinenno: soldier

  beniinookee: general or highest-ranking official

  betee: heart

  betee3oo hohe’: Shadow Mountain

  bexookee: mountain lion

  bih’ihoox: mule

  biitei: ghost

  bixoo3etiit: love

  boh’ooo: thunder

  ceece’esbeniiineniiit: armed forces

  ceeyoubeiht: talking foolishly

  ciibehbiiwoohu: don’t cry

  ciini’i3ecoot: grief

  heebii3soo: bastard

  heeteinono’eino’: the Arapaho people in the beginning of time

  heinoo: mother

  heneeceine3: lion

  heteiniicie: the Wind River reservation

  hiihooko’oet: bewitched

  hiihooteet: death

  hiinooko3onit: golden eagle

  hiixoyooniiheiht: charm

  hinono’eiteen: Arapaho

  hisei: woman

  hisoh’o: brother

  hiteseiw’s: sister

  hitesih’o: his wife

  hookecouhu hiteseiw: little sister

  Hooxei: Wolf

  houu: old word for God

  houuwoo’oot: ceremony

  hoxhisei: bitch

  koo3eincecnise: age-old or ancient

  nebii’o’oo: sweetheart

  neecee: chief

  neehebehe’: younger sister

  neenii3o’neihi: behave well or be quiet

  neihoowuni’ixooni: bad attitude

  neihoowuni’oubeih: sick

  neniiseti: One Arrow (weapon of the people)

  nesi: uncle (mother’s brother)

  netesei: my sister

  nih’oo3oo: white men

  nih’oo3ounii’ehiiho’: white man’s bird

  niitouw hiine’tiihiiho’: Indian people here, now

  noniiteceenoo’oot: temporarily crazy

  noonsoo: it is chaos or a mess

  noo’uusooo’: storm

  notonheihii: medicine man

  teeteeso’oot: apologize

  teittooneihi: be quiet

  tei’yoonehe: baby or infant

  tei’yoonehihi: very young child

  tei’yoonoh’o’: children

  woh’ooo’: badger

  wo’ohno: moccasins

  wo’ouusoo: kitten

  Author’s Note

  Dear Reader,

  I hope you enjoyed Forged in Ember, the final installment in my Red-Hot SEALs series.

  If you’d like to read more books set in my Red-Hot SEALs world, or sign up for my newsletter, please visit my website at www.trishmccallan.com.

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  For a full list of my available books, you can visit my website or my Amazon author page: www.amazon.com/Trish-McCallan/e/B006GHSSI2/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1.

  If you enjoyed Forged in Ember, I’d appreciate it if you’d help other readers find this book by sharing the title and book description with your friends, reading groups, book clubs, and online reading forums.

  Additionally, leaving an honest review on Goodreads, Amazon, or any other retail site would be appreciated. Reviews help cue other readers in to what they might like or dislike about a book and enhance book discovery.

  I love to hear from my readers and make a point of answering every email I receive. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me at [email protected].

  As always, thanks for reading!

  Best wishes,

  Trish McCallan

  Acknowledgments

  To Alison Dasho, you have the patience of a saint! Thank you for putting up with me these past few years and helping me get Ember out to my readers.

  To Charlotte Herscher, my books are always so much stronger after passing through your keen eyes and sharp mind. You bump my writing up to the next level. Thank you!

  To my readers, thank you so much for reading! I appreciate each and every one of you. Without you, there would be no Red-Hot SEALs!

  About the Author

  Photo © 2013 JK Steele

  Trish McCallan was born in Oregon and raised in Washington State, where as a child she sold her first crayon-illustrated books for a nickel. This love of writing led her to study the craft at Western Washington University. She worked as a bookkeeper and a human-resources specialist before trading in her day job for a full-time writing career. Her Red-Hot SEALs novels include Forged in Smoke and the Romance Writers of American RITA Awards finalists, Forged in Ash and Forged in Fire. Forged in Ember is the fourth book in her series. She currently resides in eastern Washington with her three golden retrievers, a black Lab mix, and a cat.

 

 

 


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