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Danger Close: A Novel
Army Special Forces veteran, Blake Kershaw is sacrificing everything in his life, including his identity to infiltrate al-Qaeda’s inner circle to stop the detonation of a nuclear warhead on American soil.
Barely into his twenties and already a highly decorated military hero, Army Special Forces veteran Blake Kershaw is now going to college, studying while recuperating from wounds received in Afghanistan, and planning to re-enter the Army as an officer after graduation. But life tosses Blake a curve when his country approaches him about using his special skills to avert a terrorist plot to detonate a nuclear device in a major eastern U.S. city. To do that, he would need to become an operative deep within Al-Qaeda’s innermost circles—changing his entire identity, even his face. A true patriot, Blake makes the journey into a shadow world that leaves friends, family and, seemingly, even God far behind. But when things go terribly wrong, and his country looks set to destroy him, it is God and God’s people who intervene.
Barely into his twenties and already a highly decorated military hero, Army Special Forces veteran Blake Kershaw is now going to college, studying while recuperating from wounds received in Afghanistan, and planning to re-enter the Army as an officer after graduation. But life tosses Blake a curve when his country approaches him about using his special skills to avert a terrorist plot to detonate a nuclear device in a major eastern U.S. city. To do that, he would need to become an operative deep within Al-Qaeda’s innermost circles—changing his entire identity, even his face. A true patriot, Blake makes the journey into a shadow world that leaves friends, family and, seemingly, even God far behind. But when things go terribly wrong, and his country looks set to destroy him, it is God and God’s people who intervene.
368 pages, Paperback
Published September 10, 2019
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July 20, 2021
Ethics at the Center
This novel kept me engaged and intrigued. A great story with emotional respites in the right places. Nicely organized and laid out.
It felt realistic and authentic. I saw myself, my son and the author in the book's characters.
What I found most valuable for the real world in this work of fiction was the way it treated the subject of ethics. How one can go from the ivory tower of "We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does" to the antithetical world of undercover operations and still keep one's integrity intact. I recommend this book for every aspiring military officer or federal agent, especially if they are a student at one of our nation's service academies.
This novel kept me engaged and intrigued. A great story with emotional respites in the right places. Nicely organized and laid out.
It felt realistic and authentic. I saw myself, my son and the author in the book's characters.
What I found most valuable for the real world in this work of fiction was the way it treated the subject of ethics. How one can go from the ivory tower of "We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does" to the antithetical world of undercover operations and still keep one's integrity intact. I recommend this book for every aspiring military officer or federal agent, especially if they are a student at one of our nation's service academies.
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