After a helicopter flying the highest diplomatic official in the US Government crashes during a “beyond secret” mission in eastern Afghanistan in early December 2012, Army Lt. Michelle “Hawkdove” Paris must keep her alive and out of enemy hands until they can be rescued from hostile territory. Then local forces learn that the helicopter flying the U. S. Secretary of State has crashed in Afghanistan..

After a helicopter flying the highest diplomatic official in the US Government crashes during a “beyond secret” mission in eastern Afghanistan in early December 2012, Army Lt. Michelle “Hawkdove” Paris must keep her alive and out of enemy hands until they can be rescued from hostile territory. While the US Air Force sends out a pararescue flight, US Army aviation support aircraft scramble to provide cover from above. Meanwhile, a Coalition sniper team hunting a local enemy commander sees him heading directly toward the site of the downed Blackhawk.

B. B. Irvine was born in New York City in 1959. He graduated from the High School of Music and Art N.Y. (1976 music), New York State University at Stony Brook (1980 B.A. liberal arts), and in 1982 received a certificate as a Physician Assistant from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina. He has worked in settings including emergency medicine, AIDS research, and addiction treatment in New York City, where he lives. In 1994 he earned a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do from Grandmaster Richard Chun. His novels and screenplays evidence his knowledge of people and frequently weave medicine, science, history, romance, and martial arts into the action.