This novella-length prequel to the Reckless Faith series explores the origins of Chance Richter, Evangeline Adeler, and Kyrie Devonai.
On the streets of San Diego, a black-market deal goes horribly wrong, throwing an unsuspecting cop, a FBI agent, and a newly-recruited CIA operative into a violent confrontation with mercenaries, and uncovering a clandestine global network intent on selling US military technology to foreign governments. Will they be able to recover the technology before it's too late?
David Kantrowitz aspires to create compelling character-driven stories that reference actual astronomical locations and contain (mostly) plausible science fiction technology. He takes inspiration from Robert A. Heinlein, Neil Stephenson, Roger Zelazny, and Douglas Adams. He is a life-long martial artist and a member of the National Guard, interests that both inspire and inform his writing.
Fir a short story it adds some clarifying background details to the over all story arc. It has been a while since I first read the series scattered out, so I will have to give it a re-read again at some point.