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by Steven Cross

It has been twelve years since that awful day on September 11th. The nation has been through two wars, and it's economy is in trouble. A new President has been elected, and when a U.S. Embassy in Cairo is attacked he recruits a young woman to be the new Director of the CIA. Together they form the A.R.E.S. Project. A.R.E.S. Assassinate. Recover. Exfiltrate. Survey. Is put together with the nation's top covert warriors, and together they combat this nation's latest threat. A new head of Al Qaeda has emerged. This one more deadly than the last. With the backing of countries that stay in the shadows, this terrorist has intimate knowledge and resources to carry out his attacks. It is up to the A.R.E.S. Project to stop him at all costs.

223 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 29, 2013

About the author

I'm not quite sure how old I am in dirt years, but it's up there anyway. I am an educator and freelance writer who has been married more years than I was single. I love reading YA fiction because it doesn't get stale. YA authors are not afraid to experiment. I love that. I dabble in screenwriting and playwriting and would love to sell a screenplay or option one of my books for a screenplay and then write the script. I have published some plays, but I don't write many of them anymore. My first love is YA fiction, though I read everything from the classics to King to Koontz. I am a diehard St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan. Currently, my wife and I reside in Poplar Bluff, MO. Our daughter and son-in-law also live in Poplar Bluff, MO. Both of them are also in education. Jean and I do the best we can to spoil our two grandkids.