Threat Rising

By Chris Leigh

North Korean rhetoric has been at its highest for decades. Most of the time it is dismissed as simply that, rhetoric. This time there is more behind it. News that North Korea have secretly developed nuclear weapons with long range missile firing capability reaches Washington. The power brokers in the Pentagon must act fast. They must act decisively for the fate of the world rests on their shoulders. Lieutenant Mills of the Navy SEALS was assigned for the dreaded mission behind North Korean lines. It was a do or die mission, one where failure simply wasn't an option.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BLK Publishing
• Release date: Jul 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301270989

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Threat Rising

Chris Leigh

Copyright 2013 Chris Leigh

BLK Publishing

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Chapter 1

The information that CIA Director George Capilano had received earlier that morning had left him with an empty feeling in his stomach. It was about to get worse once he informed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Robert Charlton. It was the worst kind of information he had received so far in his intelligence career which had spanned four decades now. He had experienced intelligence work in Asia, Latin America, and South America. George had been working for the CIA in South America during the Cold War. He had conducted many intelligence gathering operations during that time in an effort to stymie the Communist expansion into South America. He oversaw the intelligence gathering operations that led to the assassinations of Al Qaeda leaders during the War on Terror. Not since then had he experienced a situation quite like the one he was confronted with now. George walked briskly down the halls of the Pentagon on his way to General Charlton’s office. It was a hastily arranged meeting. General Charlton had no idea what it could be about. He finally made his way to the General’s office; his assistant was expecting George’s arrival and ushered him straight into the General’s office. The General was standing nonchalantly at the window gazing out at the beautiful view that he was presented. Charlton spun around, his hands behind his back.

George. He smiled with his lips in a thin line. What is the purpose of this urgent meeting?

George took a deep breath and run his hand through his dark black hair. He took off his glasses and gave them a quick wipe with a handkerchief he kept in his pocket. He wished he didn’t have to be one to wipe the smile off the General’s face.

Sir. I think you should sit down to hear this. He walked over to the chair at the opposite of Charlton’s desk.

General Charlton slightly cocked his head to the side and sat down as was recommended. Charlton looked at him with dark blue eyes sunken into a frail looking face. Despite his frail looking face his physical body was still in good shape. He always made sure that he stayed active playing tennis and regularly walking. Years of high stress military service had taken its toll on the fifty