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The Warmaker: A Black Spear Novel
How many people would you kill to stop a war?
It's the question burning in Cole West's mind as he and his Black Spear allies reload to leap once more into the fire.
A U.S. Congressman is killed in an American city, in broad daylight, by an unknown weapon. An undercover CIA agent burns alive during his extraction before he can reveal what he's learned. Bleeding-edge foreign military prototypes find themselves in the hands of organized crime on the streets of the United States. All of it leads back to a rogue weapons designer and the horrifying revelation that America no longer possesses the most advanced military in the world.
Black Spear's enemies are both foreign and domestic this time. Collaborators, saboteurs, and co-conspirators knife their way through America's political system to compromise the nation from within. Cole and his team are forced to turn to new allies when global tensions inch closer to the breaking point.
The clock is ticking for Black Spear to avert catastrophe, but their very effort seems in vain. With all its rage and all its fury, war is coming.
The entire world is primed to explode, and the Warmaker has already lit the fuse.
It's the question burning in Cole West's mind as he and his Black Spear allies reload to leap once more into the fire.
A U.S. Congressman is killed in an American city, in broad daylight, by an unknown weapon. An undercover CIA agent burns alive during his extraction before he can reveal what he's learned. Bleeding-edge foreign military prototypes find themselves in the hands of organized crime on the streets of the United States. All of it leads back to a rogue weapons designer and the horrifying revelation that America no longer possesses the most advanced military in the world.
Black Spear's enemies are both foreign and domestic this time. Collaborators, saboteurs, and co-conspirators knife their way through America's political system to compromise the nation from within. Cole and his team are forced to turn to new allies when global tensions inch closer to the breaking point.
The clock is ticking for Black Spear to avert catastrophe, but their very effort seems in vain. With all its rage and all its fury, war is coming.
The entire world is primed to explode, and the Warmaker has already lit the fuse.
383 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 15, 2023
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Benjamin Spada
11 books11 followersBorn and raised in California, Benjamin Spada has had a lifelong passion for storytelling. Benjamin is a dedicated taco aficionado, self- described “Professor of Batmanology”, diehard lumpia enthusiast, and served for ten years in the United States Marine Corps. He has been assigned as a Section Leader in the Wounded Warrior Battalion for our nation’s wounded, ill, and injured, and served overseas to help train our foreign military allies how to survive against chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. Over his career he’s trained Marines, Sailors, Federal Agents, and other friendly forces in individual survival measures for everything from nuclear attacks to deadly nerve agents. Despite these grim assignments, he has carried on with equal amounts of sarcasm and stoicism. Benjamin is also an avid sci-fi and horror movie fan, tattoo collector, comic enthusiast, and two-time holder of the Platinum Trophy in Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.
Benjamin lives with his wife, Jacqueline, and their four daughters in Oceanside, California.
Benjamin lives with his wife, Jacqueline, and their four daughters in Oceanside, California.
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March 8, 2024MWSA Review
The Warmaker by Benjamin Spada is the age-old battle of Good over Evil, with Cole West as the protagonist. He and his Black Spear operators give their all to prevent World War III but encounter an enemy using futuristic methods and weapons.
It only takes one little spark to start the world burning: A U.S. Congressman spontaneously bursts into flames while on his way to grab a hot dog for lunch. An undercover CIA agent burns alive, leaving only charred bones where he once stood. Others in the (Common Defense Industries) CDI meet untimely deaths as if methodically eliminated by the faceless enemy.
Cutting-edge foreign military prototypes find themselves in the hands of organized crime on the streets of the United States. All of it leads back to a rogue weapons designer and the horrifying revelation that America no longer possesses the most advanced military in the world. Black Spear faces opponents for foreign and domestic, and politics plays a role in the pressures they face.
The nation is on the brink of war, and it’s up to Black Spear to avert the inevitable. Failure is not an option. Cole is faced with a question: How many people would you kill to stop a war?
Warning: Graphic violence. The Warmaker by Benjamin Spada will keep mature readers on the edge of their seats.
Review by Nancy Panko (February 2024)
The Warmaker by Benjamin Spada is the age-old battle of Good over Evil, with Cole West as the protagonist. He and his Black Spear operators give their all to prevent World War III but encounter an enemy using futuristic methods and weapons.
It only takes one little spark to start the world burning: A U.S. Congressman spontaneously bursts into flames while on his way to grab a hot dog for lunch. An undercover CIA agent burns alive, leaving only charred bones where he once stood. Others in the (Common Defense Industries) CDI meet untimely deaths as if methodically eliminated by the faceless enemy.
Cutting-edge foreign military prototypes find themselves in the hands of organized crime on the streets of the United States. All of it leads back to a rogue weapons designer and the horrifying revelation that America no longer possesses the most advanced military in the world. Black Spear faces opponents for foreign and domestic, and politics plays a role in the pressures they face.
The nation is on the brink of war, and it’s up to Black Spear to avert the inevitable. Failure is not an option. Cole is faced with a question: How many people would you kill to stop a war?
Warning: Graphic violence. The Warmaker by Benjamin Spada will keep mature readers on the edge of their seats.
Review by Nancy Panko (February 2024)
January 12, 2024
Round two for Cole West. I was so glad when the second Black Spear novel came out and I wasn’t disappointed. Once I started reading; I couldn’t put it down until “the mission” was over. The technology and weapons the team and their adversaries use are enough to make me glad this is a work of fiction; but real enough that I’m afraid I’ll be seeing them on the news. The foes and the risks are bigger this round; so are Cole and the rest of Cerberus up to the challenge? And Cerberus is what really draws me. While Cole is obviously the protagonist; I’m invested in all the members of his team, fascinated by the breadcrumbs of backstories and wanting more, relishing their different skillsets as they fight through their adversaries, and hoping they make it through to the next mission, because with stakes this high; there are no guarantees that everyone will make it home.
October 14, 2023
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