Part 1: The Scrutiny and the Silence Chapter 1: The Scrutiny at the Gate The smell of salt and diesel fumes is the…

Part 1: The Envelope and the Lie Chapter 1: The Unnatural Posture I never expected to bury my child. It is the most…

PART 1: THE INVISIBLE DAUGHTER The California sun was beating down on the Naval Special Warfare Command, but my blood ran cold. I…

Chapter 1: The Summons The envelope didn’t look like a declaration of war. It looked bureaucratic, boring, and beige. I was in the…

PART 1 The Arizona sun doesn’t just shine; it hammers you. It beats against the concrete and steel of the testing range like…

Chapter 1: The Walk of Shame The humidity in the jet bridge was suffocating, a sharp contrast to the over-conditioned air awaiting them…

PART 1 (00:00) “Open the bag, janitor. Let’s see what kind of trash you’re hiding.” The command hung in the stale air of…

Part 1 The coffee maker in the Pentagon’s third-floor breakroom had been broken for three days. It hissed and sputtered, a mechanical death…

PART 1 The first punch landed before I could even get my hands up. At 72 years old, after surviving two tours in…

Part 1 Dawn crept over the rolling hills of Willow Creek, Nebraska, painting the Veyron dairy farm in hues of deceptive gold and…