TERROR BLOODLINE Series Book 1
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CROSSFIRE Book #1
Terror Bloodline Series
Featuring Ex-CIA Agent, Jon Bradley
By Paul Rodricks
International fast-paced Action #Thriller
# Suspense #Adventure
#Crime #Mystery
Reviews:
"The fact that it is the first of three books makes Crossfire all that more compelling plus it's a fun to read. Paul POV shifts from telling a story to the illusion of real time which creates a healthy tension throughout. One of the finer elements in the book that helps make it authentic is the authors knowledge of the geo areas where the story takes place."
"The novel is multidimensional. There are several plot elements working simultaneously that the author handles with skill. The murder of his friend and the personal relationship between Jon and his lady friend, a rape victim, add depth to the novel. The story shifts between the current investigation and his previous, very dangerous, actions in Lebanon as a CIA operative."
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CHAPTER THREE
New Jersey 1962 – New York 2002
Jonathan Bradley
Born in the summer of the year 1962 of Portuguese-American ancestry in the State of New Jersey, Jonathan Bradley now 44-years old, stood at 6.1” with broad shoulders, good looking in a rugged manner, possessing a lean, strong face with a firm jaw-line, alert hazel eyes between an aquiline nose, and wearing light brown wavy hair combed backwards. Although fair skinned, his complexion showed a trace of medium skin-tone, part of his Iberian heritage.
The only marring feature in his otherwise modest presentation was the slight three inch scar running down the left ear on the side of his neck. This was a vivid reminder from a firefight ambush in the faraway Beqa’a Valley of the beleaguered southern Lebanon, during his tenure as the CIA’s covert operative stationed at the Beirut American Embassy.
Bradley finished High School at 21 years of age. Played basketball for his school, was a team-worker, and seen as fast-footed, making quick-thinking moves. He was an average student, but displayed a flair for foreign languages such as French, German and Arabic, the latter mostly self-taught.
Jon appeared to have already made up his mind during his high school years stint itself about his future career in the espionage world.
At the age of twenty-five he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice. Did a one-year internship in the New York City Justice Dept., then joined the Counter-terrorism unit of the FBI, before being recruited by the CIA, under its Directorate of Operations program following the required CIA security clearances and passing very thorough background checks.
At the CIA’s Farm in Virginia, Jonathan trained for two years at the Camp Peary army base, drafted in the program to become a Case Officer assigned to work abroad in the US embassies or consulates under the cover of Reserve Foreign Service Officer.
Thereafter, he opted for almost another two years of paramilitary training at the Jungle Warfare Training Center at Fort Sherman, Panama, which included handling firearms and explosives, hand-to-hand combat and active surveillance by electronics, cars and power boats, making parachute jumps, besides running the obstacle course.
The final notations made by his trainers in his dossier included acknowledgment of Bradley’s aptitude for foreign languages, particularly Arabic, while underscoring his natural tendency towards team-spirit, risk-taking, and as a quick-learner possessing analytical skills, and not the least a healthy, strong physique.
Jonathan Bradley’s ability to converse in Arabic and his near mid-eastern complexion, earned him his posting to the CIA’s Near East Division.
His principal job would be to recruit and control foreign agents and underground informants to penetrate the extremists and Islamic–Jihadist militant groups or cells training to undertake terror attacks on foreign assets especially inside the U.S.A. Moreover, once stationed in a foreign country and holding a consular position, Jon would personally attempt to establish contacts with the local government leaders, including from the opposition, and the military and intelligence officials, in his task of gathering covert intelligence on foreign soil.
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To be continued...