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The Redemption of Lonnie Tate: Book One: The Pentangelo Group
In 1966, a smart-ass kid named Lonnie Tate, steals a police car, goes joy riding, and gets arrested.
At trial, Lonnie is given a choice, the military or jail. He chooses the military—goes in the Marine Corps and goes to Vietnam.
Sixteen months, two Purple Hearts, a Bronze, and Silver Star later, Sergeant Lonnie Tate, along with 184 fellow marines, step off a plane at LAX and into the middle of a war protest.
The end result: Lonnie and two of his marine buddies, Sergeants Marcus Pentangelo and Brian Shapiro, are recruited to become agents for the CIA.
Fast forward some forty years. Still a smartass, Lonnie Tate is a retired advertising agency exec. Bored with retirement, Lonnie takes the only job a man his age can find. He’s a security guard…at an amusement park.
Boring job, boring life—until the day a young woman, coming through a turnstile, sets off a metal detector.
From that point on, Lonnie Tate’s life turns into a dangerous, high-speed, rollercoaster ride. A ride taking him back to a life he loved and hated…because he was good at it.
He still is. But he’s older. There’s a lot more to lose.
At trial, Lonnie is given a choice, the military or jail. He chooses the military—goes in the Marine Corps and goes to Vietnam.
Sixteen months, two Purple Hearts, a Bronze, and Silver Star later, Sergeant Lonnie Tate, along with 184 fellow marines, step off a plane at LAX and into the middle of a war protest.
The end result: Lonnie and two of his marine buddies, Sergeants Marcus Pentangelo and Brian Shapiro, are recruited to become agents for the CIA.
Fast forward some forty years. Still a smartass, Lonnie Tate is a retired advertising agency exec. Bored with retirement, Lonnie takes the only job a man his age can find. He’s a security guard…at an amusement park.
Boring job, boring life—until the day a young woman, coming through a turnstile, sets off a metal detector.
From that point on, Lonnie Tate’s life turns into a dangerous, high-speed, rollercoaster ride. A ride taking him back to a life he loved and hated…because he was good at it.
He still is. But he’s older. There’s a lot more to lose.
331 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 7, 2017
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January 9, 2018Good thriller written by a former anchorman from Billings, MT.
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