Force of Fire

A seasoned defense intelligence analyst races against time to rescue a Hispanic heroine, kidnapped by Basque terrorists and taken to Spain due to her father's top secret past. A period intelligence thriller set against the backdrop of a turbulent late1980's Central America and a post-Franco-period Spain.Book 1 in THE KANE LEGACY series, which begins with the legend of the family patriarch and continues through his descendants to modern day.Winner of the Word Weaving Award for ExcellenceWinner of the Blether.com Silver AwardA 2001 EPPIE Thriller Finalist"I had to force myself to stop reading and sleep! Five stars!"Detra Fitch, Huntress Book Reviews, Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer"This novel is excellent. The author's experience in the State Department, living for a time in Spain, and knowledge of US intelligence really shows. It's thrilling, an easy read, and is very well done."Paul Lappen, BookReviews.comAna Kane has been the victim of deception her whole life. When ignorance of her father's classified past lands her in danger, a secret mission is launched to secure her rescue. But when the Basque terrorists holding her threaten her life for the exchange of one deadly secret, will the Americans come through? Or is she truly as she suspects, a worthless Spanish-American pawn?Little does defense intelligence analyst Mark Neal know that the new "Missing Person Central America" Ana Kane is about to change his life indefinitely. When defense intelligence protocol is turned on its head and Mark is sent to Iberia at the behest of his cryptic boss, Mark figures there's more than patriotism at play. Can he piece together the puzzle leading to Ana's abduction in time to save her -- and avert an international crisis?