PART 1: THE TRAP   The amber light of the Riverside Grill reflected against the windowpane, turning the glass into a dark mirror.…

Part 1: The Invisible Man   The thing about being invisible is that you hear everything. You see the things people hide when…

PART 1 The first rule of survival is that you never truly stop running; you just change the pace. My hands moved over…

PART 1: THE PAPER SHIELD   Heat in Al Qadir Province doesn’t just rise; it presses down. It sits on your chest like…

STORY TITLE: THE THREE-SECOND WAR   Logline: She spent twelve years in the shadows of JSOC, learning that hesitation means death. But when…

PART 1: THE SILENT WAR   “Sir, does your voice always shake like that? Or is today special?” The question didn’t just cut…

PART 1: THE GHOST IN THE GYM Invisibility is a skill. For some, it’s a curse; for me, it was a tradecraft I…

PART 1   The air in the Joint Intelligence Operations Center at Pearl Harbor smelled like stale coffee and unchecked ego. I stood…

Part 1: The Leash   The Nevada sun doesn’t just heat you; it judges you. It bears down on the back of your…

PART 1 Camp Dwyer sat in the Helmand Province like an open wound that refused to scab over. It was a sprawl of…