Security Risks

Seven years ago the fate of a treaty that could end a brutal civil war was in the hands of security expert Jeremy Bracken. Little did he know that his greedy government superior had betrayed him; Jeremy witnesses first-hand the horrible destruction of the delegates by a helicopter gunship. Now the current U.S. President tries to end the slaughter with a new treaty. Powerful forces once again pull Jeremy into the fray; the ghosts of the past come to haunt him, and his ex-lover, his friend the U.S. Secretary of State and a beautiful reporter orchestrate a confrontation with his demons of the past. Jeremy uses his photographic memory and superior intellect to foil the plot. Relying on a truly remarkable aircraft, which flies at supersonic speeds and lands vertically like a helicopter, Jeremy races against time to save the treaty? The thrilling story concludes with a spectacular landing on an aircraft carrier in a last ditch effort to save himself and his friends.

A brutal civil war rages in a third world nation where warring factors fight to take over the country. Seven years ago Jeremy Bracken, a security expert with the diplomatic service, engineered a brilliant security plan to protect the leaders coming to the US to sign a treaty and end the slaughter; but his boss gripped with eternal greed betrayed the operation arranging for an ambush of the representatives as they travel to sign the treaty. Jeremy witnesses first-hand the horrible destruction of the delegates by a helicopter gunship. Now the current U.S. President tries to end the slaughter with a new treaty. Once again powerful forces pull Jeremy into the fray as the ghosts of the past come back to haunt him. His ex-lover has married a key treaty diplomat and she uses their past to lure him into the plot. His good friend the current Secretary of State asks for help to fly the gauntlet of terrorist no-fly zones to move the treaty forward. Even the US Justice Department calls on him to face his former boss to get valuable information. A beautiful news reporter enters his life tearing down the walls of isolation he has built during the previous seven years. . Jeremy uses his photographic memory and superior intellect to foil the plot. Relying on a truly remarkable aircraft, which flies at supersonic speeds and lands vertically like a helicopter, Jeremy races against time to save the treaty? The thrilling story concludes with a spectacular landing on an aircraft carrier in a last ditch effort to save himself and his friends.

I have always had a love for stories and even at an early age I have created story ideas as part of my play activities. My interests in reading, watching television programs and viewing movies increased my interest in writing. I also have an intense interest in technology including: cars, aircraft, communication devices, and computers. This stimulation also lead to my avid interest is history specially The American Civil War and World War II. I have written a total of seven novels one of which is a science fiction story involving time travel. I hold a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in communication from St. Louis University and I have worked as a writer/producer of many video and media presentations through a number of employers. I was born and raised in the urban suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio with my two older sisters. After high school I attended St. Louis University and continued to live in the greater St. Louis area for fifteen years. In 1991 I returned to Cincinnati to begin working for Xerox Services in the field of digital document creation and management. I currently live north of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio with my wife Amy and our three cats Garfield, Whisper, and Missy.