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As much as he wanted to know the truth about Edie, Scott knew if he left now he’d never get back into the operations room, never be part of the planning or response. He turned around in the doorway, said, “Give me a satellite phone and we’ll see who’s wasting whose time.”

The Operations Commander, a big, dumb grin on his face reached down, grabbed a satellite phone from his ready pack, and tossed it to Scott. “Knock yourself out… In the meantime, we’ll continue discussing tactical response and how to kick these jihadist bastards so hard they’ll go crawling back to their caves to die.”

The story continues with Strike Force: The Cards in the Deck #2.

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Robert Stanek is author of the #1 bestselling RUIN MIST CHRONICLES, an epic fantasy series, currently comprising five books, which has been translated into twelve languages; the #1 bestselling MAGIC LANDS, a young adult series comprising two books and counting, which has been translated into seven languages; and the #1 bestselling POCKET CONSULTANTS, a computer technology series comprising 35 books and counting, which have been translated into 21 languages.

Robert is also author of the #1 bestselling BUGVILLE CRITTERS, a children’s series comprising 28 books and counting; #1 bestselling BUGVILLE LEARNING, an educational series comprising 31 books and counting; the #1 bestselling BUGVILLE JR, a children’s series comprising 26 books and counting; and the #1 bestselling THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE, a mystery thriller novel for adults.

In his fiction writing, Robert transports readers to many imagined worlds. Robert’s early fiction work has many influences, including JRR Tolkien, C S Lewis, Anne McCaffrey, H G Wells, and Ray Bradbury.

In his long, distinguished writing career, Robert’s books have been distributed and/or published by Simon & Schuster, Random House, Macmillan, Pearson, Microsoft, O’Reilly, and others. In 2007, Robert founded Go Indie, an organization dedicated to supporting independent publishers, authors, and booksellers, and over the past few years Go Indie has helped hundreds of independents.

Dubbed ‘A Face Behind the Future’ in the 1990’s by The Olympian, Robert’s been helping to shape the future of the written word for over two decades. Robert’s 150th book was published in 2013.