Road to Gold

"FREEDOM DOES NOT COME FREE"

In today's society, individuals feel they have earned the right to sit in classrooms and learn, earned the right to vote and have a sense of entitlement. Without a Veteran, whether active duty or retired is someone who, at one point in their life signed a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of, up to and including my life. That is honor and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it... It's your responsibility to be a good citizens, our military has paid the price so that you can have your Freedom and it is their self-sacrifice that has made this country possible.

Don't forget it !!!!

The Bitterness of War Remains.... Long after the Sweetness Of Victory is Forgotten Out of the frying pan------- into the Persian Gulf. Sweetwater and Sundance were the hottest Top Gun fly-boys in the Navy. But the Persian Gulf gave a new meaning to the word "hell." Now on a Top Secret mission, Sweetwater and company are out to destroy Iranian ships laying mines in the gulf. This mission sends a loud message to the leaders of Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Afghnistan, Libya and Pakistan, they better be listening. With their F/A 18 Hornets--and more guts than firepower--- these pilots mean business. They're the Navy's best, taking on the worst job of their careers. Sweetwater's always like a challenge---- This time, he's got it..

Hornet's Nest

In order to find out who instigated the attack, the Office of Budget and Plans, a secret Navy Intelligence and Black Ops Program, is tasked to track down the perpetrators. In the course of the search, Lt. Cmdr. Ed Candeto, a former SEAL, makes forays to India, North Korea, and Libya.

The attack also makes it necessary to call up reservists and once again activate an F-14 Squadron, VF-128, the Spartans. Wes Hardin is recalled from his perfect life and job as an airline pilot as is his soon to be friend, Tully Cane. Eventually they are assigned to the carrier U.S.S. Enterprise.

In the twists and turns of the investigation Candeto, Hardin, and Cane, must interact to bring resolution to the mission.

Because of partially disabling injuries previously suffered, their boss at Southern Air Transport arranges for them to keep flying, shuttling passengers from St. Barts to his new undersea resort, Atlantis.

After a friend of Fancy's is murdered in a particularly horrific way and people begin to mysteriously disappear from their yachts, Fancy and Bailey are recruited by the Office of Budget and Plans, an intelligence gathering arm of the United States Navy.

They are tasked with "just keeping their eyes open" under the authority of a Letter of Marque. A chain of events draws them into a vortex of violence and intrigue.

From the best-selling author of DEFCON One comes an explosive new thriller.

While Congress debates the merits of continued funding for the Stealth bomber, sinister forces have their own goals in mind. During a training exercise, a B-2 bomber disappears.

When search efforts produce no evidence the bomber crashed, the US Air Force has no choice but to acknowledge that one of its most secret and high-tech aircraft has been hijacked.

Recovery of the B-2 and its crew becomes the presidents highest priority. The Kremlin claims no knowledge of the missing aircraft.

Finally, intelligence leads to what would first seem to be a very unlikely suspect: Cuba. But could the tiny nation pull off a theft of this magnitude? And what might its plans be for the highly sought-after aircraft? Getting the answers to these questions becomes the top-secret mission for CIA agent Steve Wickham. For without those answers, only one solution will remain: invasion. And if the US invades, World War III will certainly follow.

Can Wickham find the answers and the bomber before the president is forced to invade? Or will the world as we know it ignite into a nuclear conflagration?