In December 2001, CIA paramilitary operative Matt Garrett is
mysteriously pulled from Pakistan as he closes in for the kill of Al
Qaeda senior leadership and is reassigned to a low-profile mission in
the Philippines. But as he sifts through the wreckage of a downed U.S.
C-130 cargo plane in the tangled jungle, he finds a dead U.S. Special
Forces paratrooper who is not supposed to be there. Matt is quickly
thrown into a contest of wits and resiliency in the uncharted
rainforests of Mindanao.
Manipulated by the secret plans of a powerful quartet of upper-echelon
Washington, D.C., defense politicos, who call themselves the Rolling
Stones, Matt and his Army captain brother Zach Garrett establish their
bona fides as true patriots on the cutting edge of freedom. They
struggle for survival against the rising tide of Islamic extremism and
the reemergence of the Empire of the Sun in the ever-expanding Global
War on Terror.
In the stunning prequel to his award-winning novel Rogue Threat, A. J.
Tata creates an uncanny sense of presence on and off the battlefield in
Sudden Threat, a novel rife with conspiracy, diplomatic double-talk,
betrayal, loyalty, valor and honor.
