Ghost Killer

by Bryan Bailey

There is a thin line between ‘Justice’ and ‘Revenge’ that is easily blurred and crossed.

In April 1996, the Army's Special Operation snipers Sam Kincaid and his partner, Bobby McQueen, are called into U.S Peacekeeping Headquarters in Bosnia for a special to find and kill a Bosnian Muslim terrorist, Tihomir Saliman, who is disregarding all UN Peacekeeping truces in this volatile region.

A former Soviet-trained Yugoslavian Army sniper, Tihomir Saliman, has launched a campaign to single-handedly annihilate the now legitimate Serbian Army, one by one. His sister and her husband and their children had been brutally murdered on their farm by renegade Serbian militia years earlier and, now, he is exercising the Holy revenge of the Koran.

To date, Tihomir Saliman, the "Ghost" has evaded capture. Special Ops soldiers are summoned on a mission to kill him, and Kincaid and McQueen find themselves following a goat-herder and his son in a remote and sparsely-populated mountain region in Bosnia. After following the man closely and observing him for days, they feel confident that he is in fact, Saliman, and he is taken down with four shots.

In Bosnia, Kincaid and McQueen are heralded by the media as heroes for finally tracking down and killing the infamous "Ghost".

However, in a small isolated farmhouse in Tulsa, Bosnia, the "Ghost" is coming back to life. He had been guided to a safe haven by his oldest son, 15-year-old, Mikel. Saliman is healing, although he’s blinded in one eye, and all that is left of his right arm is a stub. His disabilities have sharpened his vengeance, and he instructs his three sons to carry-out an elaborately orchestrated plan to seek Al-Thar (a vendetta) upon the soldier and America. The ultimate focus of Saliman's revenge is the Sam Kincaid, his wife, and his son and the destruction of the Glen Canyon Dam.

After 9/11 Mikel receives support from the Taliban, as well as other international terrorist factions, including arms and militia support from drug cartels in Guatemala and Mexico. After meticulous planning over years, Mikel and Alen make their way from Bosnia to Guatemala and Mexico, and then across the Texas and Arizona borders, to Utah where they plan to kidnap Kincaid's wife and son. St. James is tracking their movement until the trail go cold in Las Vegas.

Tihomir Saliman's revenge is proceeding as planned, when Sam Kincaid is joined by an undercover operative with U.S. Homeland Security, Robert St. James. Putting their military expertise to the ultimate test, Kincaid and St. James, go after Mikel and Alen and their fellow insurgents as they try to free Kincaid's wife and son and save the dam.

Finally Kincaid and St. James are given the clearance to go after the Ghost. Using their Special Forces and U.S. Government connections to get to Tulsa, Bosnia they plan to deliver justice to Tihomir Saliman.

556 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 29, 2017

About the author

Raised in Fairbanks, Alaska, Bryan Bailey grew to appreciate the wildness of the land and its abundant wildlife. In particular, he developed a fondness for the gray wolves that roamed the vast mountain ranges and forests near his home. Under the guidance of a Special Forces Survival Instructor, he spent years studying the social interactions of wolves in their packs and discovered that, beyond obvious physical similarities, there were also
behavioral similarities between the wolves and the sled dogs that were his family’s pets.

Bryan has traveled to Europe, Africa, the jungles of southeast Asia and the remote regions above the arctic circle in his lifelong pursuit of studying
social predatory behavior with an emphasis on how instinct, passed from the gray wolf, has affected the behavior of our domestic dogs.

Served in the United States Navy 1977-1993. As a member of the elite bomb disposal team, Bryan served as a trainer and supervisor for the highly classified U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Projects, “Short Time”, an enemy combatant swimmer/diver detection and neutralization program utilizing dolphins; “Bottom Look”, an enemy mine detection and neutralization program utilizing dolphins; and “Quick Find”, a ASROC (Antisubmarine Rocket) and SUBROC (Submarine Rocket) detection and recovery program utilizing sea lions.

Graduated from ProTrain Professional Dog Trainer’s Academy. Earned designation as a Master Trainer in the areas of Obedience, Personal Protection and Narcotics and Explosive Detection. 1987-1990

Owner, Canine Companions, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana. Professional dog training, boarding, and veterinary hospital. 1993-2012

Honor graduate of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, 1995.

Supervised the Monroe County Sheriffs Department police K9 narcotics detection, criminal apprehension, and search and rescue teams. 1995-1998

Advisor to DAD/DAC (Dogs Against Drugs/Dogs Against Crime) and USPCA (United States Police Canine Association). 1995-2000

Selected by Indiana Department of Health and Social Services to train service dogs for children with Muscular Dystrophy. 1998-2004

Interned at Ely, Minnesota International Wolf Center and studied wolf behavior under the instruction of renowned wolf ethologist, L. David Mech. 1998-1999

Interned at Battleground, Indiana Wolf Park and studied wolf behavior under the instruction of renowned wolf ethologist, Erich Klinghammer. 1999-2000 and 2002-2003

Achieved certification as a Veterinarian Technician. Provided assistance with canine exams, lab work and performed anesthesia during surgical procedures at Canine Companions Veterinary Hospital. 2003-2010

Studied hyena and lion social behavior at the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya Africa, Hyena Research Project. 2006

Studied Hyena social behavior, Uganda, Africa. 2007

Studied wolf behavior, Denali, Fairbanks and Brooks Mountain Range, Alaska. 2006-2010.

Co-owner, ProTrain Memphis, LLC. and Taming the Wild, LLC. 2012-present

Bryan is married to Kira Bailey and resides along the banks of the Mississippi River in Memphis, TN.

With over thirty years of education and experience studying wolves and other predators, Bryan has become a Master at understanding how nature has influenced the inner workings of the canine mind. Taking his cue from nature, Bryan utilizes her lesson plan to shape the behaviors in our dogs that are necessary for them to conform to our human existence. By doing this, and accepting the dog for the domestic wolf that it is, Bryan produces a dog that responds to his owner’s commands with not only steadfast reliability, but with the spirit and vitality of the wolf.