Rescue

By Earl Staggs

Tall Chambers leads a secretive agency which tracks terrorist groups. If a group has definite plans to harm innocent people, the agency steps in and stops them by whatever means are necessary. Tall and his agency first appeared in the novel Justified Action. In this Mini Novel, Tall gets an assignment from the White House. The President wants him to rescue hostages held by a terrorist group for ransom. Tall knows it will be nearly impossible to free the hostages, but he's the only hope they have.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Earl Staggs
• Release date: Oct 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311092236

Earl Staggs

Earl Staggs earned all Five Star reviews for his novels MEMORY OF A MURDER and JUSTIFIED ACTION and is a three-time winner of the Derringer Award for Best Short Story of the Year. He served as Managing Editor of Futures Mystery Magazine, as President of the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars.He invites any comments via email at [e-mail] also invites you to visit his blog site at http://earlwstaggs.wordpress.com

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RESCUE

A Mini Novel in 5 Chapters

By Earl Staggs

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RESCUE

By Earl Staggs

CHAPTER ONE

Alongside a dirt road twenty miles east of Abu Dhabi, capital city of the United Arab Emirates, Tall Chambers crouched behind a boulder the size of a jeep. On his left, Mountain Brown rested on his knees. For a man who stood six-eight and carried well over three hundred pounds of tight muscle, that was as close to a crouch as he could get.

On Tall’s right, crouching easily six feet away, Airman First Class Kevin Mason shielded his eyes with an open hand and looked up at the blazing sun. Sure is hot, he said.

Shouldn’t be much longer, Tall said.

You’re in a desert, boy, Mountain grumbled. It’s the middle of August and it’s ten o’clock in the morning. By noon, it’ll hit a hundred and ten. If you can’t take the heat, get an office job.

Tall grinned. Mountain liked to push buttons. Anyone’s.

I can take the heat, Kevin shot back. Don’t worry about me, old timer.

Tall liked it that Kevin stood up to the big man. Kevin was well-built and obviously worked out to stay that way, but was maybe five-eight with boots on and weighed one-sixty at most. Mountain could twist him into a pretzel without breaking a sweat. The kid had spunk.

Mountain leaned toward Tall and spoke in a low voice. Who is that boy and what’s he doing here?

Our usual interpreter wasn’t available. The Air Force loaned him to us.

I know we need somebody speaks the language, but Christ! What is he, twelve?

Tall chuckled. He’s twenty-five, not as young as he looks.

Well, I feel a lot safer knowing I have a baby-faced interpreter watching my back. Does he know how to use that rifle he’s holding?

I looked over his records. He’s a qualified marksman, and he’s had some experience in recon ops.

Does he have any idea why we’re here?

"No, I haven’t had time to read him