Brevet Wedge

by K.A. Bachus, Luschka van Onselen (Editor)

“I’ve never known Mack to make a threat he was not prepared to carry out,” I said carefully. “He doesn’t bluff.” Frank Cardova provides logistic support for a highly effective team of deadly operatives known as Charlemagne, the premier freelance specialist team used by western governments for black operations conducted without fingerprints. Mack, the team’s knife-wielding leader, and his son Charlie arrive on Frank’s doorstep bringing chaos, terror and violence with them. The last thing Frank ever wants to see is Louis, the volatile marksman of the team, anywhere near his home, let along sitting at the kitchen table drinking a martini meant for him and flirting with his wife. For Frank, the men of Charlemagne have become the ultimate houseguests from hell. Mack offers Frank’s subordinate, Steve Donovan, a chance to join the team after the fallout of a recent disaster puts his young family at risk. As Frank watches Steve turn into a killer and his own wife and daughter discover what his thirty-year career has been all about, he helps the team save the lives of Steve’s family while dreading the danger to his own. Brevet Wedge is the third book in K.A. Bachus’s unflinching Charlemagne Files series. Can Frank trust anyone in his immediate circle?

226 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 2020

About the author

K.A. Bachus is acquainted with the world of Cold War secrets. A Chicago-born granddaughter of Lithuanian immigrants who fled Hitler and Stalin, she began adult life during the last year of the Vietnam era by enlisting in the United States Air Force where she typed aircrew intelligence briefings and ran a large classified library in a special operations unit. After receiving her commission, she served in England and Japan. As a civilian, she practiced criminal defense law in Texas before retiring and moving eventually to Maine, USA.

Reviews

[J. Colford · Rating 5 out of 5]

'It began as I enjoyed a brief rapturous moment pulling into my driveway on a Friday evening before a long holiday weekend and the beginning of an entire week off... A car with two blond men in it sat parked in front of my house..."
Frank's wife and daughter are about to learn the true nature of his government job: babysitter for the deadliest black ops team out of Europe. The members of "Charlemagne" are on the hunt and have taken over his home.
K.A. Bachus gives another chilling episode of the lives of Frank and the Charlemagne team.

[Debra L]

Another excellent book

The action doesn't stop from the beginning to the end. I highly recommend this series starting from the beginning. The "heros" are respected but not necessarily liked. The decisions made are very difficult as there is no good answer.