Ericksen Connection

Betrayal, graft, conspiracy, murder and terror drive this spy, action and thriller novel. Mark Ericksen led a platoon in Navy SEAL Team Six and later built a successful business career, but his commitment to duty, honor and country has shaped everything he does. His service with a tier-one unit under the Joint Special Operations Command in Afghanistan earned him the Silver Star. In May 2002 he left the military for civilian life, and over the following seven years he worked for three defense contractors while holding a top secret clearance. Privately, he hid the PTSD he carried.

In 2009 the CIA learns of a plot led by a wealthy Saudi businessman. The scheme calls for attacks on two American cities using enriched nuclear suitcase bombs, and a container ship bound for the Port of Los Angeles is said to be carrying an eight-megaton warhead. To keep in touch with his sleeper cells inside the United States, the mastermind must obtain several classified, encrypted communication systems that rely on palm-vein scanning technology made by EyeD4 Systems, a company based in Wilsonville, Oregon.

CIA Director Bill Sullivan turns to Ericksen, who is now executive vice president of EyeD4, and assigns him to Operation Avenging Eagles, a mission to derail the terrorist's plans. The question becomes whether Ericksen can stay undetected and stop the nuclear threat before the network of operatives reaches its goals.