Authors: Serena Zane
Crystal Clear
| Crystal Clear |
| Jewel Series [2] |
| Serena Zane |
| SZ Publications (2012) |
Feisty Special Ops Agent Cindy Hawke scrambles to the Pacific Northwest to recover critical intel from a fallen spy satellite, but she's too late. An international terrorist group has gotten there first, and now the fate of the world rests on Cindy's ability to track the terrorists and destroy the data before it can be used.
Jack Wilde, ex-Navy Seal, and remote operative is called into duty when the safety of the Nation is at risk. But when Jack comes head to head with F.I.U.W. operative Cindy Hawke, who is determined to solve the case on her own, sparks fly. Jack has orders, and he's not about to let the little spitfire get in his way.
Passions ignite as Cindy and Jack race against time to stop terrorists from accessing intel that will endanger their lives and put their country at risk.
I hope you enjoy Crystal Clear. If you like this book, pick up the first in the Jewel series Dark Diamonds. Also, Ruby Red - Book 3 in the Jewel series will be releasing on September 3, 2012.
Jewel Series
Book 2
Serena Zane
Crystal Clear
Jewel series
Book 2
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Crystal Clear
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Dedication
A special thank you to the ladies of the Olympia RWA for their support, encouragement and mentoring.
To my husband, who puts up with all my ramblings as I seek to work out plotlines and hash out dialogue.
Thank you to my little German friend who inspired the character of Cindy Hawke. You will always be in my best memories.
Also, thank you to my tactical experts who helped me understand tactics and weaponry. Your experience is invaluable, as well as the service you have done for your country.
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Agent Cindy Hawke watched the prisoner sitting behind one-way glass in the interrogation room with hard eyes. Ignacio Rivera, a man who stole countless treasures around the world, ran drugs – and worst of all - to
rtured her best friend. Reduced to nothing, Rivera's
carefully built empire
fell
down around his feet. She gave a mocking laugh.
Serves him rig
ht.
F
licking a lock of brown hair over her shoulder she glanced down at her notes.
Rivera had revealed
a lot in exchange for leniency.
Leniency my ass
.
A
smirk
formed on her lips as Cindy
imagined the look of indignation he’d have on his face at sentencing. Agents of F.I.U.W. didn’t take kindly to people mistreat
ing
one of their own.
The intercom sounded, a brisk voice came over the system, “Excuse me Agent Hawke, you are needed on the phone.”
“Thank you, I’ll be right there.” She took one last glance at the man who caused her team so much trouble. Cindy desperately wanted to go into the other room and show Rivera what happened to those
who
messed with her friends, but
,
that wasn’t possible.
It was against the rules to use excessive force
if
not
needed
.
Rivera gave up information without much coercion.
Her stomach knotted in frustration.
She sent the man one last glare for good measure, though he couldn’t see her.
Cindy shut her notepad and
walked out of the room.
She
entered the bustling Operation Mosquito headquarters of F.I.U.W., Forced Intelligence of the United World, an international joint agency designed to fight crime on a global level. Her team would soon be leaving
Colombia
to return to their cases in the
United States
.
Cindy’s
home base looked similar back in
New York
.
She
couldn’t help but wonder if all the F.I.U.W. operat
ional bases were built the same--
like huge department s
tores, everywhere you went
you
had an idea of
what to expect. She moved with determined steps
towards
a desk the agent directed her to and picked up the phone.
“Agent Hawke here.”
“S
eems we have a bit of a situation
, Hawke
.” Derek Killory, director of F.I.U.W.
headquarters
in
New York
spoke.
Her
spine straightened to attention.
N
o mistaking his voice.
“There’s a satellite
operated
by Jaguar that’s come down in Northwestern United States near
Bend
,
Oregon
.
Y
our mission
is
to
bring
the Intel
back to
New York
.”
Jaguar was a terrorist organization based out of
New Mexico
. Much like Al-Qaeda,
F.I.U.W. referred to
J
ag as
what they called
an All-Channel Network with small
working
cells
,
or groups of people,
coordinated through the internet and other technology.
This made them harder to take out, since they were able to efficiently use the World Wide Web
for coordination
.
Jag
comprised of extremists
who
believed the end of the world would occur in corr
elation with the Mayan calendar. U
nfortunately
,
they also thought their place in history
is to help bring
about
the Apocalypse
. F.I.U.W. had yet to prove how they got their funding and couldn’t catch Jag at any of their
suspected, nefarious activities
.
Hot damn, finally, all those years of training
would pay off. A field op! A
bout time!
I have
to tell Lucy!
Cindy composed herself before responding. It wouldn’t do to have the Director
be aware of
how
thrilled
she felt
,
but
in spite of her excitement Cindy had a few questions.
“Do you
have the coordinates to
where the satellite
landed? Why wouldn’t they just air lift me in, seems simpler.” Wanting to be in on the action badly, but not fully comprehendin
g why the big fuss, Cindy
listened as the Director continued.
“The area is saturated with
tourists
, and the government has asked that we don’t draw attention. We’ve estimated the target fell not far from the Inn of the Seventh Mountain Resort near the
Deschutes
River
. Arrangements are made
for you to stay at the resort
.”
Cindy could barely contain her
self
.
“Agent Hawke, you'
re selected for this mission because of your technical expertise, and your experience outdoors. Download the information contained within the black box, and then destroy the device to stop anyone else from getting their hands on
the Intel
. Hawke, this is a need to know only. Don’t let us down.”
“Yes Sir.
” She glanced down at the desk and ran a finger over the smooth surface
.
Cindy couldn’t help
but grin
.
C
ross-trained in all areas of field work, C
indy was technician of the team. S
he helped plan and execute missions, helping with interrogations
and
situations such as
dealing with
Rivera.
Due to her abilities to hack into other networks and get
needed information
,
Cindy was an integral p
art of the team. Accordingly, s
he had higher security clearance than most of them.