Episode 4: Jimmy Detroit

By Leigh Barker

Ethan Gill - The Orpheus Directive: Episode 4. Jimmy Detroit

Jimmy Detroit is the consummate assassin, a master of the art of killing, but he is up against Master Sergeant Ethan Gill and his team, the best of the best. But the team’s battle skill has been honed in warzones, open terrain, jungle, inhospitable ground in a hundred countries. Not in Washington DC. This is Jimmy’s killing ground.

He's coming for Petty Officer Andie Shea, and although they’re prepped and ready for him, he is in a whole other league to their usual enemy.

If Andy is to live through the night, she can't count on the meager luck the Fates have to spare. She must rely on Ethan’s skill.

A deadly battle of wits unfolds in DC’s quiet suburbs... and life or death is the endgame.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leigh Barker
• Release date: Aug 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370811571

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 Orpheus Directive

(Season 1)

(Episode 4)

Jimmy Detroit

Copyright 2017 Leigh Barker

Published by Leigh Barker at Smashwords

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ISBN: 9781370811571

Jimmy Detroit

Ethan walked up to the treeline at the edge of Rock Creek Park, stopped and turned to look back across the quiet street towards the house with the black SUV parked out front. It was some time a.m., but that was nothing new, it came with the job. A soft bed would probably be as uncomfortable as a pile of rocks after all his years in the Corps. One of these days he’d retire and live the dream.

He leaned against a tree and continued to watch the house. He’d tried the retirement thing and it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. Seen a lot of the country though, but mostly because he’d discovered there was nothing for him out there in the world. He’d been a soldier for most of his life. Scrub that. For all of his life. It was in his blood or something like that. He smiled a tired smile. And here he was again, waiting for combat.

Maybe he really should give it up; hell, he was getting too old for it anyway. Sure, and take a job in a grocery store, stacking cans of beans. Hey it was a living, somebody had to do it. Just not him. Not today at least.

He took his night-vision scope from his pocket and scanned the approach road and the woods, but nothing moved. Decent folk were tucked up in bed after a good meal, beer and a movie. With their partners. And that was another hole in his life. But how could he connect with a woman when this shit was his life? It wasn’t fair to her. Right, it was all about her, not about a total lack of commitment.

There’d been one woman who could’ve distracted him. Kelsey Lyle. He smiled and this time it was shaped with warm memories. She was NCIS. Still was, as far as he knew. He’d call her when this gig was over. She was in Washington, so it wouldn’t be hard to link up. Maybe rekindle old laughter. Yeah, he’d do that. As soon as this gig was over. Probably. If nothing else came up.

There was a movement on the road to his right. A yellow cab, its roof light off and rolling up as if looking for a pickup.

Ethan stepped back behind the tree and focused his night scope on the cab.

Jimmy Detroit watched the side streets move past his open window and scanned them quickly. He was driving as slow as he dared. He’d look like he was checking addresses, but that wouldn’t hold for long. His satnav should’ve taken him right to it and any watcher would know that.

That there was a watcher wasn’t a question, it was