Salvatore "Falcon" Russo races across the base as he watches the Communications and Electronics building at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan go up in flames. He catches Lieutenant Cassandra Walker as she staggers out of the building. This is yet another attack on the US military's secure network. Cassie has just been assigned to this airfield and Sal has tried to keep his distance. They had a relationship four years ago that ended very badly. But this interaction stirs emotions he thought were long dead, and not all of them were good.

As the attack on the base continues, their commanding officer is shot and killed. A SEAL team is brought in to assist Sal and the Raptor team in finding the person or persons responsible for all the attacks on their communications. Cassie had been brought in from the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) as well to help protect the military's cyber security. But as they all begin working together, no one is sure who they can trust. There's a lot of cloak and dagger stuff going on between the SEAL team and the Raptor team, and they're not sure they can even trust their commanding officers. And is Cassie holding secrets that none of them know?

Ronie Kendig brings us another inspirational military thriller in her Quiet Professionals series that moves at break-neck speed. I just could not read it fast enough. There are so many twists and turns in the plot that you need a road map to keep up. Ms. Kendig masterfully weaves several subplots together to bring closure at the end, but what a ride in getting there! There are a plethora of characters, both main and secondary, and there is a list in the front of the novel to help you keep them sorted out. There is also a list of military terms and acronyms to keep you on point. It's hard to tell the good guys from the bad. Are they the Chinese, the South Koreans, the Afghanis or is it our very own CIA?

FALCON is a story about business, politics and free enterprise. It's a story about surrendering things to God that we have no control over and can't change anyway; about accepting God's plan for our life and not trying to make our own plan. And of course there is a little romance in the wind . . . this is Sal and Cassie's story, and it's very complicated.

Book Summary

Special Forces operator Salvatore “Falcon” Russo vowed to never again speak to or trust Lieutenant Cassandra Walker after a tragedy four years ago. But as Raptor closes in on the cyber terrorists responsible for killing two of their own, Sal must put his life—and the lives of his teammates— in her hands.

Despite his anger, Cassie is ill-prepared for his resistance and the fallout when she must protect the one asset who can end the attacks. As allies become enemies and hostiles become unlikely partners, Raptor fights for its very existence.