It's Who You Know

by Sean Fitzgerald

I don’t have any time to explain. I am in Tegucigalpa and I am in trouble. I am going to ground but I will probably be gone by the time you get this. Use your OpSec on this one, don’t trust easily. Find me Mel An early morning email from a Naval Academy friend and current CIA operative changes the life of Senatorial Chief of Staff, David Stockman forever. Not knowing whom to trust, David recruits his best friend, Navy Seal Chad Ondrick in his desperate attempt to find Mel before it’s too late.
When they discover that Mel’s tied up in a coup attempt orchestrated by nefarious forces within the US government, their search becomes a race against time that takes them from the marble lined offices of Washington DC to the harsh jungles of Central America. David’s loyalties are put to the ultimate test in this heart-pounding political thriller.

242 pages, Paperback

First published May 19, 2014

About the author

I am one of those lucky people that have done many things on my voyage through life, including ten years as a pilot in the United States Army flying helicopters (where I met my wife, we celebrate our 20th year married this November). After the military, I worked as an operations leader for a manufacturing facility and a regional sales manager for a distribution company.
We have a 12-year-old daughter that is pretty sure that she is in charge (my wife and I are basically along for the ride). We have 2 cats (one of which is free to a good home...I tease). We call the Pacific Northwest home.
My love of reading led to my passion for writing. I hope that I never think of my journey as a writer complete to the point that I stop continuously trying to improve the craft. I attend conferences often to be surrounded by other writers and to learn how they do their magic.

Reviews

[Nic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Special Operations, Private Security Forces, CIA, Rogue Agents, Election Rigging. And thats only a snippet of the exciting story in "It's Who You Know".

I highly recommend reading this book, especially if you're into realistic military plots. The central plot in this book is about the bond of friendship and what friends would be willing to do should one of them need the others' help. Put those same friends in a high stakes abduction on foreign soil and see just what military trained friends would do to rescue one of their own.

The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 was there were two instances where the POV transition was a little choppy. This does not hurt the story in any way, I just had to do a double take to make sure I hadn't missed something.

Hopefully there is a sequel in the future!

[Teresa Hon · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is obvious this author had experience flying helicopters (as evidenced by the notes about the author) and a knowledge of mission details - or he did his research. I don't know much about these sort of things other than what I read but found this book to be a very good read. I'm pleased that he already has a follow-up story in the works.