by Jeff Rovin
First published 2019
Director Chase Williams watches his career crumble when Op-Center fails to prevent a devastating terrorist bombing aboard the USS Intrepid in Manhattan. The explosion kills innocent tourists and triggers White House orders to shut down the intelligence agency. The bomber, Captain Ahmed Salehi, has struck back at Op-Center for disrupting his previous plot. But Williams receives a secret mission to form BLACK WASP, a covert attack unit that officially does not exist. He recruits three specialists: Lieutenant Grace Lee brings martial arts expertise, Lance Corporal Jaz Rivette serves as the team's sniper, and Major Hamilton Breen contributes legal and criminological skills. Their target remains Salehi, but the investigation reveals a larger threat. A renegade Iranian businessman plans to create an Islamic State more dangerous than ISIS. Williams and his team must track their enemies from Manhattan's streets to Trinidad's swamps to Yemen's desert villages. America's survival depends on this small, secret force stopping a conspiracy that could reshape the Middle East.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, suspense, action, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Iran, Manhattan, Trinidad, United States, Yemen
Period: 21st Century
348 pages · Kindle Edition · St. Martin's Griffin
Content warnings: violence