We left Alex Klear after his last black ops mission
deciding he was once again retiring as an intelligence
agent and settling down with his fiancé Irmie, a police
detective in Munich, Germany. A phone call and a
clandestine meeting changes that decision. An Army buddy
from the past has been killed in Afghanistan. Our
government calls it a "green-on-blue" killing -- an
Afghan national shooting an American military officer he's
been working with in cold blood. Alex is asked to go to
Afghanistan to investigate the killing, believed by some
not to be a "green-on-blue" shooting at all. Irmie is not
at all pleased when Alex breaks the news to her. He is due
to arrive in Germany in a few days to finalize all their
wedding plans.
On his way from the airport, someone tries to blow up the
vehicle Alex is in with an IED. Upon arriving in Kabul,
Alex receives a somewhat cool welcome from the
investigating officer in charge. Alex isn't sure why he's
here with the reception he's getting. He soon learns that
his dead friend, Pete Hansen, had been investigating the
collapse of The Kabul Bank, an enormous bank fraud with an
amazingly clever Ponzi scheme. Billions of US dollars are
missing. Did Pete's investigation get him killed? As Alex
delves further into the bank fraud, his own life is
threatened more than once. Another question on Alex's mind:
who is really running this op, and is it an American
op or is another country involved?
Crisscross the globe with this endearing black ops special
agent, and hang on for a wild ride. Travel from the US to
Kabul, Dubai, Munich and back. Albert Ashford always gives
us an outstanding military thriller, and ON EDGE is no
exception. Alex is a strong, smart and driven character who
gets into some precarious situations, but always comes out
on top. He's surrounded by several supporting characters
that are quite a mixed bag. Alex is not always sure who he
can trust, who's on his side and who's not. Occasionally
the story moves slowly, laying groundwork for what lies
ahead. But when the pace picks up, it gets intense. The
storyline takes several unexpected twists and turns to an
awkward (for Alex) and surprising conclusion. Do not miss
ON EDGE, a first-rate military thriller!
When a former Army buddy is murdered by an Afghan military
colleague, U.S. Army Special Investigator Alex Klear is
called back into action in Afghanistan to investigate what
is thought to be a classic “green-on-blue” killing. Alex
finds Kabul in a state of chaos, partly under government
control, partly controlled by the Taliban.
From the beginning, he suspects that the Army has identified
the wrong man as the killer, and that an innocent Afghan
soldier has become the victim of a complex frame-up. His
suspicions are solidified when he discovers that his friend
had been investigating a massive fraud at Kabul Bank. As
Alex is drawn into the epicenter of the biggest bank fraud
in history, he finds his efforts systematically thwarted by
both the American and the Afghanistan governments.
In the lawless streets of Kabul and into the far outreaches
of Afghanistan, Alex relentlessly hunts his friend’s
killer—and uncovers the truth. In real-life, an incident
kept mostly out of the media—a monumental embarrassment to
both countries.
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