NCIS Special Agent Ruben Carver is back on the job, after three months in the penalty box. The ink hasn't even dried yet, on the results of the internal affairs investigation from his last mission, but he's off the bench and headed for Shanghai.
He's been assigned the task of locating and neutralizing a hacker who's been picking the DoD's pockets clean of classified and military critical technologies. Linked to that is the carved-up body of a U.S. Army military intelligence case officer, pulled from Shanghai's Huangpu river.
What Carver discovers is another operation being funded by the international cabal known as The Board and the most dangerous adversary of his career: a woman known by international law enforcement only as Qu. When they meet, Buddha's lesson is realized—“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
Special Agent Ruben Carver new mission sends him to Shanghai to locate and neutralize a hacker who been getting classified military critical technologies. During his investigation Carver discovers a parallel operation funded by an international cabal known as The Board leaded by a dangerous woman adversary known internationally as Qu....and the fun begins.
I like this one even if I had no idea what the first books was all about I fit in right away and enjoy this very intense action suspense drama. It is a roller coaster ride from start to finish. Lots of entertaining action, gory at times but the protagonist has skills everyone can envy: he is one tough cookie. We need to pay close attention; there are many tough characters to content with, Qu and her men, the driver and all those who cross their paths. It was easy to get lost on unfamiliar names. Nicely done is the action sequence it doesn’t drag at all and easily kept me on edge and entertained. Definitely and good read.
Fun to read this high-action page turner about a larger-than-life NCIS Special agent whose tenacity and ability to function with serious injury, however improbable, still makes great literary entertainment. Having had a number of family members serving in government and the armed forces, I found the interfering agency protocols frustratingly accurate. Enjoy!