First Strike

Jihad America / Hanson's War #1

by Thornton D. Barnes

The wildcat well discovery of a new oil basin brings oil wildcatter Hoot Hanson unimaginable challenges when the federal government seeks forfeiture by him and his small independent oil company after an unscrupulous attorney falsely accuses him of financing Islamic jihad in the Middle East. The ploy takes Hoot's company through litigation with a Muslim bank that turns to violence and loss of life. Hoot Hanson, a struggling oil wildcatter in Oklahoma hits it big drilling on Indian land rejected by his competitors, drawing notoriety that attracts the attention of an unscrupulous Muslim attorney acting as middleman for the Department of Homeland Security secretly funding Islamic ISIS fighters in the Middle East. The attorney, an embedded Islamic activist secretly seeking financing for Islamic jihad within the United States uses his role with the department to involve Hoot in a federal investigation while the attorney litigates in court to take possession of Hoot's oil discovery. Everyone underestimates Hoot's resolve when the battle escalates from the courts to an attack by homegrown jihadists upon Hoot's company with considerable loss of life that sparks Hoot into using his acquired wealth to retaliate.

232 pages, Paperback

First published October 7, 2014

About the author

Also publishes as:
T.D. Barnes