First to Kill
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Nathan McBride
When you're the best at what you do, it's not always easy to walk away. But Nathan McBride believed he had done just that. The former Marine sniper and covert CIA operative had put the violence of his former life behind him, until now.
When a deep-cover FBI agent disappears, along with an enormous cache of powerful Semtex explosive, the government envisions a disaster of international proportions and has no choice but to coax Nathan out of retirement. But almost as soon as Nathan accepts the assignment, he finds himself caught between a ruthless adversary with a blood-chilling plan and federal officials who will stop at nothing to see their own brand of justice done.
Book Excerpt:
"Leave 'em. Don’t let the anger cloud your thinking. This isn’t about revenge.”
“The hell it isn’t.”
“Let it go, Ernie.”
“Easy for you to say.” He hurled the pliers across the room.
Leonard knew his brother’s anger well. In Ernie’s third year in the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, several inmates had beaten him to the brink of death for stealing a pack of cigarettes. He’d spent fourteen weeks in the infirmary — the first two in a coma.
The fed stirred in his chair and moaned. Leonard approached and crouched down like a catcher.
“You got something more to say?”
“Kill nee… kill nee firss.”
Leonard looked at his brother.
“Fuck him. Let him feel it.
“He’s been through enough.” Leonard stepped back, pulled his forty-five, and took aim. But before he could finish the man off, Ernie shoved him aside, an entire book of matches lighted in his hand.
“Then I’ll do it.”
“Ern, stop!”
But his brother tossed the matchbook, casually as dice at a craps table. The whoosh of ignition was chilling.
The burning man leaned his head back and howled.
“Dear Lord.” Leonard raised his pistol again, but before he could pull the trigger, Ernie grabbed him, and yanked him toward the door.
It was too late anyway. They retreated from the gathering inferno, down the porch steps and out to the Bronco. Leonard got behind the wheel, but Ernie stood in the rain, watching the fire until the heat forced him into the cab.
Leonard started to speak, but Ernie cut him off. “You’re wrong,” he said, his eyes glittering with flame. “It’s always about revenge.”
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CIA, corruption, covert, deep-cover, Disaster, explosive, FBI, Government, Justice, Marine, operative, Retirement, sniper, Violence
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2008-08-26
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Paperback
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