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The Iron Eagle #16
Reaper
“Who the hell is Reaper?”
The murder of federal witness Alexander Felton, known as “Felt,” would not be news if it weren’t for the fact that his body was discovered in his prison cell at the Los Angeles State Prison where federal authorities were trying to hide him. Felton was a bad guy in his own right, but he ended up the target of a notorious hitman known only as Reaper. FBI Special Agents John Swenson and Chris Mantel are called in to investigate the killing, and while on-scene in a secure state prison sorting through Felton’s murder, Reaper strikes again right under their noses. The race is on to stop this professional hitman that no one has ever seen as he methodically assassinates key witnesses in a high profile federal case and who also has the Iron Eagle in his sights.
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The Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office has been attempting to prosecute notorious Mexican drug lord and kingpin Marco Espranza for over a decade. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stewart Feldman tried unsuccessfully to convict him, only to have juries tampered with, witnesses disappear, and threats made on his life. His lack of success and appointment to U.S. Attorney for Los Angeles have forced him to turn the case over to his second-in-command Candice Polk.
Polk is trying Espranza for the fifth time and feels she has the case to get a conviction. But threats turn to reality when Feldman and his wife are gunned down at a Santa Monica restaurant by a professional hitman known only as Reaper. The murders quickly spin the city and government out of control, and it’s up to the Iron Eagle to find Reaper before he completes his list of kills, including the Eagle himself.
The murder of federal witness Alexander Felton, known as “Felt,” would not be news if it weren’t for the fact that his body was discovered in his prison cell at the Los Angeles State Prison where federal authorities were trying to hide him. Felton was a bad guy in his own right, but he ended up the target of a notorious hitman known only as Reaper. FBI Special Agents John Swenson and Chris Mantel are called in to investigate the killing, and while on-scene in a secure state prison sorting through Felton’s murder, Reaper strikes again right under their noses. The race is on to stop this professional hitman that no one has ever seen as he methodically assassinates key witnesses in a high profile federal case and who also has the Iron Eagle in his sights.
Flap
The Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office has been attempting to prosecute notorious Mexican drug lord and kingpin Marco Espranza for over a decade. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stewart Feldman tried unsuccessfully to convict him, only to have juries tampered with, witnesses disappear, and threats made on his life. His lack of success and appointment to U.S. Attorney for Los Angeles have forced him to turn the case over to his second-in-command Candice Polk.
Polk is trying Espranza for the fifth time and feels she has the case to get a conviction. But threats turn to reality when Feldman and his wife are gunned down at a Santa Monica restaurant by a professional hitman known only as Reaper. The murders quickly spin the city and government out of control, and it’s up to the Iron Eagle to find Reaper before he completes his list of kills, including the Eagle himself.
240 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 5, 2018
About the author
Roy A. Teel Jr.
41 books58 followersOn May 11, 1995, at 30, Roy's life was irrevocably changed. After walking into the hospital, he was admitted and later received a sobering and life changing diagnosis - Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. His doctors gave him two years to live, and he left the hospital in a wheelchair. Roy, not one for giving up, and having a, then, three-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old son, went immediately into human subjects research at UCLA and spent 12 years (1995-2007) as a human research subject. His experience gave him a unique look behind the scenes of medicine and the processes that are required to get drugs through the research chain, from the animal research phase to using those drugs in humans in clinical trials, and, if successful, on to the FDA for approval. Roy participated in four major experimental drug trials, and one of those ended up giving him thyroid cancer, which was diagnosed in January 2001.
Life as a Survivor
Roy is a proud cancer survivor and has refused to let MS define his life. His dedication to his work and to human subject research both inspired his writing as well as showed the real human condition when laid bare. As an author, Roy A. Teel Jr. is very diverse, and his works include both fiction and nonfiction. He earned his bachelor's degree in Ministerial Studies through Berean University of the Assemblies of God then went on to earn doctorates of Divinity and Biblical Studies through ULC Ministries.
Nonfiction
Roy's first nonfiction book, The Way, The Truth, and The Lies: How the Gospels Mislead Christians about Jesus' True Message, was published in 2005 and is taught in both religious and secular universities in the U.S. and abroad. Against The Grain: The American Mega-Church and its Culture of Control was published in 2008. This second book reveals the unflattering true faces of the "Goliaths of God" and shows religion and churches for what they really are - businesses - very, very lucrative and influential businesses involved in many facets of American society.
Short Fiction
In 2008, Roy published a collection of short stories titled, Light of Darkness: Dialogues in Death. These collected stories were inspired by both his difficult and troubled childhood as well as his years in clinical trials. He met and knew many people, many whom lost the battle due to natural causes, or in some cases, by their own hand, that he felt compelled to fictionalize and share their stories.
Novel-length Fiction
In 2013, Roy released his first novel, And God Laughed, a neoplatonic dialogue between one man and God. Although now a secular humanist, Roy believes in God but rejects all religions as man's folly and wrote a fictional narrative about a relationship with God outside of religion.
Current Project
In 2014, Roy began publishing his latest and largest project - a 40-novel geographically-centered hard boiled, mystery, suspense, thriller crime series: "The Iron Eagle Series." The main character, a former Marine Corps Black Operative turned rogue FBI agent, hunts killers in Los Angeles. Each novel addresses different subjects, and while fiction, all titles deal with real world subject matter. "The Iron Eagle Series" is not about things that can't hurt you. What happens in these novels can happen to any one of us if we let our guard down and/or are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Life as an Author
After battling Multiple Sclerosis for nearly 16 years, Roy began devoting his energies and passions to the full-time art of storytelling. Although he is no longer able to work in a high stress executive environment, his life has taken on a new mission: to inform and entertain. His disability has brought with it an unforeseen blessing. He can finally take medications to alleviate some of the pain from his MS and focus on the pleasures of character creation and the joys of putting words to paper.
Life as a Survivor
Roy is a proud cancer survivor and has refused to let MS define his life. His dedication to his work and to human subject research both inspired his writing as well as showed the real human condition when laid bare. As an author, Roy A. Teel Jr. is very diverse, and his works include both fiction and nonfiction. He earned his bachelor's degree in Ministerial Studies through Berean University of the Assemblies of God then went on to earn doctorates of Divinity and Biblical Studies through ULC Ministries.
Nonfiction
Roy's first nonfiction book, The Way, The Truth, and The Lies: How the Gospels Mislead Christians about Jesus' True Message, was published in 2005 and is taught in both religious and secular universities in the U.S. and abroad. Against The Grain: The American Mega-Church and its Culture of Control was published in 2008. This second book reveals the unflattering true faces of the "Goliaths of God" and shows religion and churches for what they really are - businesses - very, very lucrative and influential businesses involved in many facets of American society.
Short Fiction
In 2008, Roy published a collection of short stories titled, Light of Darkness: Dialogues in Death. These collected stories were inspired by both his difficult and troubled childhood as well as his years in clinical trials. He met and knew many people, many whom lost the battle due to natural causes, or in some cases, by their own hand, that he felt compelled to fictionalize and share their stories.
Novel-length Fiction
In 2013, Roy released his first novel, And God Laughed, a neoplatonic dialogue between one man and God. Although now a secular humanist, Roy believes in God but rejects all religions as man's folly and wrote a fictional narrative about a relationship with God outside of religion.
Current Project
In 2014, Roy began publishing his latest and largest project - a 40-novel geographically-centered hard boiled, mystery, suspense, thriller crime series: "The Iron Eagle Series." The main character, a former Marine Corps Black Operative turned rogue FBI agent, hunts killers in Los Angeles. Each novel addresses different subjects, and while fiction, all titles deal with real world subject matter. "The Iron Eagle Series" is not about things that can't hurt you. What happens in these novels can happen to any one of us if we let our guard down and/or are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Life as an Author
After battling Multiple Sclerosis for nearly 16 years, Roy began devoting his energies and passions to the full-time art of storytelling. Although he is no longer able to work in a high stress executive environment, his life has taken on a new mission: to inform and entertain. His disability has brought with it an unforeseen blessing. He can finally take medications to alleviate some of the pain from his MS and focus on the pleasures of character creation and the joys of putting words to paper.
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March 5, 2018
Another outstanding book!
It was a roller coaster, but what a ride. Just to keep you guessing is the thrill, you are always on the edge of your seat and you never can imagine who the Reaper. Again, the Eagle will never fails.
Thank you Mr. Teel for another wonderful and great book.
It was a roller coaster, but what a ride. Just to keep you guessing is the thrill, you are always on the edge of your seat and you never can imagine who the Reaper. Again, the Eagle will never fails.
Thank you Mr. Teel for another wonderful and great book.
April 27, 2018
The Reaper Returns
This book was the best yet. An old enemy returns to challenge The Iron Eagle. Many innocent people will die if the Eagle is not successful in stopping the Reaper. I liked this book very much and if you like good trumping over evil, you might too. Gave 5 stars.
This book was the best yet. An old enemy returns to challenge The Iron Eagle. Many innocent people will die if the Eagle is not successful in stopping the Reaper. I liked this book very much and if you like good trumping over evil, you might too. Gave 5 stars.
August 4, 2018
The Iron Eagle series simply gets better and better with each story. Strong character development around superb story telling make this a must read. The only question you will have is who is brought to justice next!
March 9, 2019
Read first, march, 2018. Re-read, March 2019.
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