Dishonor

By Justin Pinkley

Daxton Pride is a hardened U.S. Navy SEAL deployed on an experimental operation in Amsterdam. When he witnesses a teenage girl forced into prostitution and intervenes to save her, he finds himself extradited and court-martialed. But when a high-ranking officer sees an opportunity for revenge, Dax and wife Amanda are slammed into a darker reality than anyone could imagine.

Dishonor is the introductory novella to the Daxton Pride series of novels.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Justin Pinkley
• Release date: Mar 29, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463210611

Justin Pinkley

Before devoting himself to writing fiction, Justin worked in the I.T. field for ten years. Fed up with oppressive managers and the questionable ethics of so many corporations, Justin departed I.T. to pursue a career in psychology while writing as a hobby. Since completing his first novel in 2012, he has written a novel a year. In 2015, the psychology graduate school Justin was attending permanently closed its doors for economic reasons, rendering a doctoral degree in psychology unattainable from local colleges. Justin graduated with a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology before the closure. 2015 also saw the birth of a daughter, and Justin leapt at the chance to be a stay-at-home dad and shift writing from a hobby to a career. With enhanced focus, Justin developed the concept for an adventure-thriller series featuring a former U.S. Navy SEAL, set to debut in 2019.

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Daxton Pride:

Dishonor

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This novella is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents portrayed in it are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Afterword

About the Author

Connect with Justin Pinkley

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Creative projects are never accomplished without a support group. While their forms of support may differ, without the contributions of the gracious folks below, the quality of this story would be severely diminished. That said, any mistakes or inaccuracies you may find are solely my own fault.

Thank you to Rachel Lopp for beta reading and for your consistent support through social media over the years.

Thank you to Jeremy Warren for beta reading, for broadening my scope of thought with your audiobook ideas, and for being a genuinely patient, kind soul.

Thank you to my wife, Crystal, for supporting me in innumerable ways. Without you, this dream wouldn’t be a reality.

Thanks to my mom for watching our little one when needed, which allowed me to destress, focus, and sometimes accomplish something.

Thanks to my dad, who ignited in me a passion for reading by introducing me to horror, thriller, and adventure novels. Daxton Pride would not exist without you. I miss you terribly.

And finally, thank you, dear reader, for taking time out of your life to read my story. I hope you find it worthwhile.

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August 3, 2013

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The man was clearly trouble just by the way he carried