The Half-Life of Carson Hood

Without a Sound or a Trace Former Marine Carson Hood is a paradox—a loner who pretends to enjoy a crowded room, a boater who’s scared of bridges, and a peaceful man who’s killed with his bare hands. With new love Claire Markham, his life on St. Simons Island is a dream . . . until, under century-old oaks in his family cemetery, Carson finds someone buried in his grave. As the mystery unravels, the truth dives deeper, and Carson and Claire soon learn they have stumbled onto a deep-secret government plan known as the Janus Project which will allow America to assassinate her enemies without a sound or a trace. On the West Coast, wealthy Hispanic entrepreneur Rafael Quinterro has turned against America for reasons personal, political and cultural. He blames the country’s first female president, both for his wife’s murder and for America’s abhorrent treatment of his people, and he'll stop at nothing for the ultimate revenge . . . assassination. A former Janus Project researcher running from the law has been "recruited" to make it happen. This Sunday on the oceanfront patio of the Barrier Island Club, President Ann Chambers will address the most powerful media owners in the world and do something no president before ever had the courage to try. The Secret Service has prepared more than ever. It’s not enough, and Carson knows it. As the clock counts down to the second the president will step into the crosshairs of the weapon, Carson gets another surprise—his new love Claire knows more than she's telling. = = = = = Author’s note: Research included interviews with a U.S. Secret Service agent who had just completed four years on the Presidential Protective Detail, and a Los Alamos-trained Ph.D. who provided technical support to fictionalize a piece of modern medical equipment into an assassination weapon capable of killing without a sound or a trace. The weapon may be too close to reality—no one in healthcare, the U.S. government or the military’s R&D agency DARPA would discuss it with me. Not one word.
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Author/Artist:Carter, Chuck
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