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Enemy Within
Former Marine Wade Stuart, an ATF special agent, finds himself working undercover in his home territory, Mississippi, infiltrating a militia unit with lofty goals. When Stuart uncovers a plot to assassinate the governor and take over the state as part of a people's revolution, Washington plans to send in the 2nd Marine Division to attack the militia. Stuart sees a bloodbath coming, begs for time to quash the plan, but the President sees this as an opportunity to set an example. Isolated and unsure of the decision out of Washington, Stuart must race to shut down the militia before the military arrives. Enemy Within rushes forward at breakneck speed, and only man can stop these domestic terrorists -- Wade Stuart!
115 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 23, 2011
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About the author
Phillip Thompson
14 books30 followersPhillip Thompson grew up near the East Mississippi town of Columbus, birthplace of Tennessee Williams. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ole Miss before serving in the Marine Corps for 12 years. As a Marine, he served in California and Hawaii, aboard the USS Missouri, and in combat during the Persian Gulf War with the 1st Marine Division. He also spent the better part of two years traversing the island nations of the South Pacific as the lead planner for the 50th Anniversary of World War II in the Pacific.
Since leaving the service, he has worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Mississippi and Virginia, and his journalistic work has been featured in newspapers across the Deep South and the East Coast. He wrote as a freelancer for Civil War magazine and The Washington Times and worked as a staff cartoonist for 10 years at Marine Corps Times. He has also worked as a defense analyst; media spokesman; consultant; speechwriter and Senate aide.
Phillip Thompson is the author of novels, "Enemy Within," "A Simple Murder" and "Deep Blood." His short fiction has appeared in "O-Dark-Thirty" the literary journal of the Veterans Writing Project; "Thrills, Kills 'N' Chaos," "Out of the Gutter Online," "The Shamus Sampler II" and "The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature." He attended the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference as a fiction writer in 2003.
He also authored the non-fiction account of his Gulf War experience "Into the Storm: A U.S. Marine in the Persian Gulf War."
He lives in Virginia. Find him online at http://kudzucorner.wordpress.com.
Since leaving the service, he has worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Mississippi and Virginia, and his journalistic work has been featured in newspapers across the Deep South and the East Coast. He wrote as a freelancer for Civil War magazine and The Washington Times and worked as a staff cartoonist for 10 years at Marine Corps Times. He has also worked as a defense analyst; media spokesman; consultant; speechwriter and Senate aide.
Phillip Thompson is the author of novels, "Enemy Within," "A Simple Murder" and "Deep Blood." His short fiction has appeared in "O-Dark-Thirty" the literary journal of the Veterans Writing Project; "Thrills, Kills 'N' Chaos," "Out of the Gutter Online," "The Shamus Sampler II" and "The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature." He attended the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference as a fiction writer in 2003.
He also authored the non-fiction account of his Gulf War experience "Into the Storm: A U.S. Marine in the Persian Gulf War."
He lives in Virginia. Find him online at http://kudzucorner.wordpress.com.
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September 5, 2020
Way Ahead of Its Time
At half the length of your standard thriller, but with the full count of plot, movement, and tension, Enemy Within is a rare phenomenon -- an airplane read that sticks with you years down the line. This special thriller repeats that sort of seeming contradiction from front cover to back. First of all, ATF Special Agent Wade Stuart (how's that for a good Mississippi boy name?) is a remarkable character who manages to come off fresh and yet still make us comfortable with him fast, to the point that we think we've known him a while. The plot of a Mississippi-based militia actually threatening the foundation of our country seems hard to swallow when I write it, but, believe me, it seems real enough at 40 pages in that you probably aren't putting the book down after that. I don't want to give away my favorite part of the book, but I have read countless thrillers in my life, and there is a surprise in this book that I have never seen elsewhere. And it doesn't involve gadgets or anything else like that. It's a full head-spin for us and Wade Stuart... I'm not going to give it away. But the cool thing about the surprise is that the book isn't written simply to justify it. It isn't the main villain and it comes off as incidental, but it jarringly reveals the world we're in. I just got finished reading Vince Flynn's pursuit of honor. Good stuff, but, honestly, Phillip Thompson does better. The southern setting and the easy protagonist set this apart.
At half the length of your standard thriller, but with the full count of plot, movement, and tension, Enemy Within is a rare phenomenon -- an airplane read that sticks with you years down the line. This special thriller repeats that sort of seeming contradiction from front cover to back. First of all, ATF Special Agent Wade Stuart (how's that for a good Mississippi boy name?) is a remarkable character who manages to come off fresh and yet still make us comfortable with him fast, to the point that we think we've known him a while. The plot of a Mississippi-based militia actually threatening the foundation of our country seems hard to swallow when I write it, but, believe me, it seems real enough at 40 pages in that you probably aren't putting the book down after that. I don't want to give away my favorite part of the book, but I have read countless thrillers in my life, and there is a surprise in this book that I have never seen elsewhere. And it doesn't involve gadgets or anything else like that. It's a full head-spin for us and Wade Stuart... I'm not going to give it away. But the cool thing about the surprise is that the book isn't written simply to justify it. It isn't the main villain and it comes off as incidental, but it jarringly reveals the world we're in. I just got finished reading Vince Flynn's pursuit of honor. Good stuff, but, honestly, Phillip Thompson does better. The southern setting and the easy protagonist set this apart.
June 1, 2021
Knowing the future.
The writing is very simple and basic, nothing very special. The views about militias and what the US government were very smart for when the book was written. We.still have militis and we still have the KKK. They traded in their white sheets and wear suits and tied and became conservative Republicans. The arguments about the 2nd amendment have not changed. Very sad.
The writing is very simple and basic, nothing very special. The views about militias and what the US government were very smart for when the book was written. We.still have militis and we still have the KKK. They traded in their white sheets and wear suits and tied and became conservative Republicans. The arguments about the 2nd amendment have not changed. Very sad.
December 25, 2018
Mixed emotions
I enjoyed the book, but the subject is pretty scary. So many weird people running around with all kinds of ideas on the way things are and the way things should be. Just pretty scary. A good read.
I enjoyed the book, but the subject is pretty scary. So many weird people running around with all kinds of ideas on the way things are and the way things should be. Just pretty scary. A good read.
July 12, 2023
This book was written decades ago but literally felt like it was based on current events. Really strange how accurate the vibe was in terms of conspiracy theories, political corruption and hate groups was.
I like this author.
I like this author.
May 22, 2018
A crisp thriller reminiscent of Sean Duffy novels of Adrian McKinty.
July 26, 2013
This is the author's first foray into fiction, and he does an excellent job with the story. It centers around an ATF agent who discovers a covert militia attempting to overthrow the government. Very relevant even today. Amazed that this was written in the 90's. It could easily be set in modern times.
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