The Task Force was devised to meticulously identify specific terrorist threats then move swiftly to end their potential to harm the rest of the world. Pike Logan is a valued (if somewhat unpredictable) member of the Task Force, bringing more successful missions to a close than any two of his fellow team leaders. That all changes the day his absence contributes to deaths of those he holds dear. He leaves the Force and is doggedly trying to wear his way free of grief when a random encounter opens a door he thought forever closed to him.

Through mere chance and an inability to blindly allow a civilian to walk into mortal danger alone he comes into possession of information hinting that men affiliated with the Al Qaeda are in pursuit of a weapon of mass destruction.

Former Delta Force commander Brad Taylor has written a tale that allows those of us behind the padded wall of safety they provide a glimpse into the world of those who defend us. Pike is a hero exemplifying a distillation of the men and women defending us every day, through decisive action taken in deepest secrecy. His story is about despair and redemption, but any moralizing is kept to a minimum by Taylor allowing his character's actions to speak loudest.

Most of all ONE ROUGH MAN is a damn exciting book. Leaving aside the deeper glimpses the book provides into the type of man needed by organizations like the mythical Task Force, Brad Taylor has used his experience to provide his thriller with a gritty realism. The violence is to be expected, but the tale also contains moments of humor. The intensely- driven storyline grabs a reader by the throat and drags them into a world made real by an author who knows it intimately. The second Pike Logan Thriller, All Necessary Force is due out January 2012. I am eagerly awaiting it.

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