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Highest Law
An airborne pathogen.
A bioweapon development gone wrong.
A pharmaceutical cover-up.
How far would you go to expose the truth?
"An excellent read. It starts out strong, and then it gets better."
--Larry Bond, New York Times Bestselling author of Red Phoenix
Something incomprehensible and terrifying is happening in a remote village in Afghanistan.
Navy SEAL commander Law Pacheco is in the area on a routine patrol when he accidentally stumbles onto what appears to be the use of biological weapons on Afghan civilians, including children--with frightening results.
Law immediately reports the horror he has witnessed. But no one will listen.
The very next day, he and his team fall victim to the violence of a U.S. gunship unleashed on a mountainside where he was operating on another routine mission.
Law barely survives the attack, which kills most of his team and inflicts wounds that end his career with the SEALs. But the incident is ruled accidental by the military establishment.
Although it takes him six months to learn to walk again, Law is more determined than ever to get to the bottom of what he witnessed, so he joins the ranks of the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
There, along with feisty special agents Mia Patel and Beatriz Howard, Law launches an investigation that takes him down a twisting path through the dark world of covert clinical trials, illegal pathogen research, and a Big Pharma cover-up reaching the Highest Law of the land.
"A must read for fans of Brad Thor and Vince Flynn!"
--Ward Larsen, USA Today bestselling author of Assassin's Revenge.
A bioweapon development gone wrong.
A pharmaceutical cover-up.
How far would you go to expose the truth?
"An excellent read. It starts out strong, and then it gets better."
--Larry Bond, New York Times Bestselling author of Red Phoenix
Something incomprehensible and terrifying is happening in a remote village in Afghanistan.
Navy SEAL commander Law Pacheco is in the area on a routine patrol when he accidentally stumbles onto what appears to be the use of biological weapons on Afghan civilians, including children--with frightening results.
Law immediately reports the horror he has witnessed. But no one will listen.
The very next day, he and his team fall victim to the violence of a U.S. gunship unleashed on a mountainside where he was operating on another routine mission.
Law barely survives the attack, which kills most of his team and inflicts wounds that end his career with the SEALs. But the incident is ruled accidental by the military establishment.
Although it takes him six months to learn to walk again, Law is more determined than ever to get to the bottom of what he witnessed, so he joins the ranks of the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
There, along with feisty special agents Mia Patel and Beatriz Howard, Law launches an investigation that takes him down a twisting path through the dark world of covert clinical trials, illegal pathogen research, and a Big Pharma cover-up reaching the Highest Law of the land.
"A must read for fans of Brad Thor and Vince Flynn!"
--Ward Larsen, USA Today bestselling author of Assassin's Revenge.
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352 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 14, 2020
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About the author
R.J. Piñeiro
35 books52 followersBorn in Cuba and raised in Central America, R.J. Pineiro spent several years in the midst of civil wars before migrating to the United States in the late 1970s, first to Florida to attended Florida Air Academy in Melbourne. There, RJ earned a pilot's license and high school diploma in 1979, before heading to Louisiana for college.
R.J. earned a degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1983 and joined the high-tech industry in Austin Texas, working in computer chip design, test, and manufacturing.
In the late 1980s R.J. began studying to become a novelist. Reading everything from classical literature to contemporary novels, R.J.'s love of storytelling became uncontrollable. Using an aging personal computer, R.J. decided to launch a writing career.
R.J.'s first published work, SIEGE OF LIGHTNING, a novel about a sabotaged space shuttle, was released by Berkley/Putnam in May of 1993. A second novel, ULTIMATUM, about a second Gulf War scenario, was released the following year, 1994, by Forge Books, which went on to publish R.J.'s next 12 novels over the following 13 years.
In 2015, R.J. teamed up with TV News military analyst Colonel David Hunt to kick off the "Hunter Stark Book Series." The first book in the series, WITHOUT MERCY, about ISIS gaining acquiring nuclear weapons, was released on 3.7.17. The second book, WITHOUT FEAR, about the war in Afghanistan, was released on 8.7.18
In 2017, R.J. also teamed up with New York Times bestselling author Joe Weber. The result is ASHES OF VICTORY, a novel of global terrorism and international conflict released by Ignition Books on 9.3.18
In 2018, R.J. penned a nineteenth novel, AVENUE OF REGRETS, a mystery revolving around sex trafficking and domestic abuse released on 11.16.18
R.J. is married to L.M. Pineiro, an artist and jewelry designer. They have one son, Cameron & Daughter-in-Law Sarah, and two crazy dogs, Coco and Zea.
R.J. earned a degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1983 and joined the high-tech industry in Austin Texas, working in computer chip design, test, and manufacturing.
In the late 1980s R.J. began studying to become a novelist. Reading everything from classical literature to contemporary novels, R.J.'s love of storytelling became uncontrollable. Using an aging personal computer, R.J. decided to launch a writing career.
R.J.'s first published work, SIEGE OF LIGHTNING, a novel about a sabotaged space shuttle, was released by Berkley/Putnam in May of 1993. A second novel, ULTIMATUM, about a second Gulf War scenario, was released the following year, 1994, by Forge Books, which went on to publish R.J.'s next 12 novels over the following 13 years.
In 2015, R.J. teamed up with TV News military analyst Colonel David Hunt to kick off the "Hunter Stark Book Series." The first book in the series, WITHOUT MERCY, about ISIS gaining acquiring nuclear weapons, was released on 3.7.17. The second book, WITHOUT FEAR, about the war in Afghanistan, was released on 8.7.18
In 2017, R.J. also teamed up with New York Times bestselling author Joe Weber. The result is ASHES OF VICTORY, a novel of global terrorism and international conflict released by Ignition Books on 9.3.18
In 2018, R.J. penned a nineteenth novel, AVENUE OF REGRETS, a mystery revolving around sex trafficking and domestic abuse released on 11.16.18
R.J. is married to L.M. Pineiro, an artist and jewelry designer. They have one son, Cameron & Daughter-in-Law Sarah, and two crazy dogs, Coco and Zea.
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May 9, 2020
Intense
Lots of action and violence with realistic battles between medically enhanced people and various marines, CIA, NCIS and other agencies. Well written and great read.
Lots of action and violence with realistic battles between medically enhanced people and various marines, CIA, NCIS and other agencies. Well written and great read.
April 27, 2020
Suspenseful
Fast-paced. Gets right into it and keeps going. A real page turner.Ida you are not into military genres a don't let that scare you off.
Fast-paced. Gets right into it and keeps going. A real page turner.Ida you are not into military genres a don't let that scare you off.
March 31, 2020
Love it! A lot of action, fast paste. Law Pacheco is my kind of hero. R.J Pineiro is really a good author.
Give it 4 stars and a half.
Give it 4 stars and a half.
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