Episode 2: The Predator Nest

By Leigh Barker

A Bitesize Read - the first 1 hour read.
Season 1, Episode 2. The Hellfire Legacy: The Predator Nest

With four US military officers assassinated, Marine Master Sergeant Ethan Gill heads for Creech Airforce Base – the home of the Predator drone - and its Hellfire missiles.

There’s no way he could know what is waiting for him.

And if he did? He’d go anyway.

Faraj has promised to kill many more Americans, and it looks like he’ll be able to do just that. Unless Ethan can get to him first.

The clock is ticking...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leigh Barker
• Release date: Sep 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310703386

Leigh Barker

Leigh was born in Dudley in the middle of England. He has been a merchant seaman, a (useless) electronics salesman, a programmer, and a business analyst. And now he is a full-time writer, but that doesn't make him a bad person.He is presently writing 4 series:Clan, following the adventures of Calum Maclean as he tries to avoid the Bonnie Prince but still protect his beloved Highlands.The Hellfire Legacy Series follows US Marine Master Sergeant Ethan Gill and his team as they take on the jobs too hot for other special forces. They go where they're sent; South America, Middle East, Korea, but their most dangerous missions are on US soil.Volume #1: A Whisper of ArmageddonVolume #2: The Hellfire LegacyVolume #3: The Orpheus DirectiveEden, a three-volume series -Trinity is at war with Lucid, the son of Lucifer, and he will do whatever it takes to win. The Archangel Gabriel has an army but he needs more. He needs heroes, but they are few and far between. Which is why he gets Dylan and co. Not too much luck in Heaven then.Volume #1: Eden's Last HeroVolume #2: WinterwoodVolume #3: Requiem for Eden.Soldiers is set in 1914 and follows John Regret and his 12-man squad on their suicidal mission to find and destroy the German howitzer nicknamed Big Bertha. Find it before it drops it's thousand-pound shells on the allied army retreating across France. A seemingly hopeless mission that just cannot fail.Other occasional series include:Anarchy, the 'completely true' stories of men doing what men do when there's nobody to keep them in check. Create mayhem and behave like monkeys on speed.Coffee Break Reads - each issue has 5 stories short enough to read while taking a break from life. A mix of adventure, love, disaster, and fun. All with one thing in common; for a moment they transport the reader to another world.Episode 1 of each Season is free and can be picked up with other free books at:https://leighwbarker.com/my-library/Just copy the link above and paste it into your browser and you're there...

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The Hellfire Legacy

(Episode 2)

The Predators Nest

Copyright 2014 Leigh Barker

Published by Leigh Barker at Smashwords

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ISBN: 9781310703386

The Predator Nest

Ethan sat at the single-drawer desk in his hotel room and scrolled through the photographs on his laptop. Marine generals rolled by one after the other, but none of them struck him as a prime candidate for getting killed. There were only four generals with four stars, and they were the commandant and assistant commandant and two on active duty overseas, and they would all be awash with security. The target would be a lesser general. He chuckled at the thought of a lesser general, as every one he’d ever met knew without doubt that he was far from a lesser anything and said so loudly.

He opened the minibar and sifted through the selection of bottles, selecting a thumb-sized bottle of bourbon that cost ten times more than a glassful if he’d walked out to a bar. But SecNav was paying the bills, so…

He poured the bourbon into a cheap glass and returned to looking at photographs of potential dead men. A knock on the door saved him from having to admit he was getting nowhere. He closed the laptop’s lid and crossed the small room.

A moment later Kelsey was standing in front of the bathroom door, shaking rain from her overcoat.

It’s raining, Ethan said as he closed the door.

She stopped shaking her coat and looked at him for a moment. That’s why you’re a cop, right? You notice these little details.

Not much gets past me.

She closed her eyes for a moment and sighed. Then looked over at the desk and saw the bourbon. You got another one of those?

Ethan opened the minibar. Help yourself. They’re free.

Yeah, right, of course they are. She took a gin and a tiny bottle of tonic and poured them into a glass.

Ethan smiled. Now, you know I’m always glad to see you, he said, even though he’d seen her only twice. But it’s nearly midnight, and it’s raining.

She sat on the chair he’d vacated by the desk and swallowed the drink. There’s been another one.

Ethan swore and stepped forward to open the laptop. Which one.

She shook her head. No, he’s not on your list.

Ethan sat on the edge of the bed and waited.

This one’s a colonel. Colonel Mitch Morgan. She opened the minibar and took out another gin, looked at it for a moment, and put it back. And here’s the kicker. She waited for a response, but got none. She’d get used to that. He’s a… he was a logistics officer out of Okinawa. Home on leave.

Ethan looked at the carpet. There was a small stain between the bed and the TV stand. This whole thing is nuts, he said and stood up. Is there any connection between him and the generals? He knew the answer.

None that the FBI can find. She caught his look. And yes, I checked too.

He walked to the sealed windows and looked