Code Name Melisse

By George M James

This is a very special book to me because for the first time in the GMJ Series I explain more about my late wife. I added a dedication: “I wrote this book for you, my wife. Actually, all of them with their hidden codes and your ‘M’ on all the covers between my own initials. I had to keep busy or go insane after the machines were switched off - my final act of love to release you to the care of God, our Father. I started writing the GMJ Series. Three weeks, Honey, that is how long a GMJ Novel takes no matter how long or short. Just more than two weeks to write, a few days to rehearse, and then the editor gets them to make them readable, enjoyable. Real authors say that it cannot be done, it is impossible to write that fast. What do they know? We did so, 41 times in a row now and another three under my real name in between. When will it come to an end, I am asked. How long is a rope, I reply with a shrug, I never wanted to be an author or a widower. Truth to be told, Melissa, I don’t know the answer except to say that not one book was worth your life. I would give all I have to be with you again, even give up writing but what is required is my life. I see the irony, Sweetie, the price cannot be negotiated but you are not laughing with me when I say such things, you look angry, and so, I keep on writing.” GMJ to his late wife on finalising Code Name Mélisse.”
In Code Name Mélisse, we carry on testing a new concept in counter-terrorism, the use of large military gliders to silently approach a terrorist nest. The glider concept must be demonstrated operationally and is. I show you how a joint force of current Special Forces members and spies from different nations work together. I also went out of my way to show the planning behind a raid. The shooting part is the boring part to me, it is getting to that point and the lads and lasses home again that interested me more during my own time in the shadows. That is where the military art lays, not the shooting. I further wanted to highlight how vulnerable US Military personnel and or CIA operatives are in this theatre. They can be taken out without difficulty and the time is rapidly approaching that that too will come. Thus, in this book, a CIA Predator drone is attacked and a Jesuit priest, working for the CIA, behind the attack on Angelique Dawson in Code Name GSSP-40 confronted. His birth right as an American will not save him and that is perhaps the lesson in this book to take with you, don’t ever think that your US passport or UK will protect you. See this book as a warning, not anti-American, it is blunt reality facing those that are here without an invitation. Then, the first fifty pages are about the 2018 Putin new generation weapon disclosures and the Skripal poisoning incident.
Description: South African spymaster extraordinaire, Angelique Dawson and her team are combining with Mossad, DGSE (French spies) and MI6 teams to prove that a large military glider can be used effectively in counter-terrorism operations. They must attack a recently discovered terrorist compound in Malawi, snatch a terrorist leader and do so at night, withdrawing across Lake Malawi to Mozambique before sunrise. Angelique is as usual not explaining much to her future husband and former Police Special Forces Company Commander, Geoffrey Foxtrot, the narrator, trying to keep her safe. There are other shenanigans ongoing, the destruction of a CIA operated Predator drone as well as ambushing a rogue element inside the CIA that tried to murder Angelique the previous week during Code Name GSSP-40. Worryingly, she does not have the usual towing aircraft for the military glider and is forced to use an ageing Super Frelon helicopter, never used before in this role. Such complications will not stop Angelique Dawson, a superb combat pilot, she will do what is necessary no matter what. Code Name Mélisse is the 41st book of the GMJ Series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: George M James
• Release date: Apr 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463428702

George M James

George M James is a pseudo name for the author and used for security reasons and the safety of his family. He is an expert on counter-terrorism and counterinsurgency operations in sub-Saharan Africa, a military historian and published author of more than 50 books. In the GMJ Series, you will learn about Covert Operations, Special Forces techniques, current political analyses and military history not known outside the select few. Every GMJ Book is based on historical fact and often what is revealed in a GMJ Book is published by the mainstream media a short while later. Many of the GMJ Books are used as training material by Police Forces (SWAT) across the world. Each GMJ Book has a large element of the truth inside it, they are well researched. The GMJ Books may very well change the way you look at counter-terrorism and espionage. George M James’s books, both under his real name and as GMJ, are widely read among military veterans of many nations. Note please that GMJ does not claim to have served in South African Army or Police Special Forces. Regarding my books - “I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.” William Tecumseh Sherman. I don’t write PC books, however, for what I have to say in my books, it was Martin Luther that stated: “I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.” And so it will be, GMJ

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Code Name Mélisse

By George M James

Copyright 2018 George M James

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COVER DESIGN & EDITING

Cover Design by Elsa Kotzé [e-mail], thank you.

The cover is a picture of my late wife, somewhat disguised to protect her identity. Yet, I suspect that all her friends and family will recognise her instantly. The font colour, by the way, is from her favourite scarf, I would say that she was famous for her scarfs, known by them, smile. After she passed, I was asked if I wanted anything of her earthly possessions? Yes, a scarf she wore when we attended Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, happy memories for us. I called Code Name Phantom, GMJ 24, after that event. And yes, she did start singing along as described in that book, I had to give a few people the evil eye to keep peace. That part too was enjoyable. Sometimes when loneliness gets me as happens to all widowers and widows, I know, I listen to that opera, and I remember. All GMJ Book covers have messages in them relating to something or some incident in the book. Where the cover has a black motive, or anything black on it, that is meant to signify death. That is a code to honour those that died for their country, as well as in honour of my wife, she too went home to our Lord before her time. GMJ

Editing by Alec Chapman [e-mail], thank you.

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EULOGY

This is a special book for me. When my wife went to heaven in 2014, she was 41 years old. Those were not good days for me, they were dreadful and even though I experienced much in life, nothing came close and ever will come close to the unending feeling of loss, sadness and outright grief. I know that a part of me is missing and I know that I must die to hug my wife again. Frankly, I long for that day, without doubt, I will run towards her, there will be no hesitation from my side. In the interim, I had to keep busy and so I wrote the GMJ Series in her honour, introducing the GMJ codes for her to smile about. And now, just less than four years later, we have the 41st GMJ Novel, Code Name Mélisse. It bears her name as she spelt it out in French to me after our first kiss. Let it be known to all, I will never forget my soul and I will never not miss her, it was love at first sight for us. After she passed, I started a tradition, every Saturday is Hamburger Day in her honour simply because that was the most American type of food I could think of. This tradition, I am happy to say, is now followed by many of our friends and her family, religiously. Which is another point, her numerous friends never stopped missing her. Even now, they often speak about her with awe, a legacy beyond the books. And so do I, I think of her with awe, in wonder almost that I was her soul. People ask me how she was in life, I answer: Wonderful, a bundle of love and smarter than me by far. A brilliant conversationalist and analytical mind. Super patriotic, so much so that I called her ‘my American Patriot’ and that she stayed. She was very romantic, funny, passionate, often staring at me with the most incredible green eyes. Simply the best type of woman that her great nation could produce. I know that I was truly blessed to have her in my life. Thank you, Melissa, you are still my American Patriot and you will always be safe in my heart where no one will ever hurt you. I love you as much today as I did when you were in my arms where you belonged and wanted to be. I am grateful for you. When I emerged from the shadows, your love made me human again. I miss you, every day, every moment, I will always love you and you me.

Your husband,

May 2018

US defense capabilities are and will remain second to none, and now because of the new defense budget of $700 billion our military will be far stronger than ever. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders, 2 March 2018

America has the best equipment anywhere in the world. Donald J Trump on 13 August 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping is also expected to make a pledge to change Beijing’s economic, military, and political behaviour during his meeting with US President Donald Trump on the side-lines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires on November 30. If Washington is not satisfied, there will be ‘an all-out Cold War.’ The US had no intention of ceding influence in Asia to China and will not back down if Beijing choses to continue its current policies. Then so be it. We are here to stay. Mike Pence, Vice President of the US, 13 November 2018

The Reality: I’ll never forgive Barack Obama for what he did to our United States military by not funding it properly. It was depleted. It was old and tired, and I came in and I had to fix it, and I’m in the process of spending tremendous amounts of money, so I’ll never forgive him for what he did to our military. What he did made this country very unsafe... Donald J Trump on 9 November 2018

The United States has lost its military advantage to such a degree that it could potentially lose a future war with Russia or China. The US military could suffer unacceptably high casualties and loss of major capital assets in its next conflict. It might struggle to win, or perhaps lose, a war against China or Russia... National Defence Strategy Commission to the US Congress, 14 November 2018

Your bluster is already called... In the West you have the notion that if somebody hits you on the left cheek, you turn the other cheek. In our culture we punch back... Chinese president Xi Jinping, he was talking on Donald J Trump’s trade war with the world but he meant more than that. Later, on 29 October 2018, to his top military commanders... Prepare for war. Do you know what Field Marshal Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein said? "Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: ‘Do not march on Moscow’. Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and it is no good. That is the first rule. I do not know whether your Lordships will know Rule 2 of war. It is: ‘Do not go fighting with your land armies in China.’ It is a vast country, with no clearly defined objectives.’

Sub-Sahara Africa - the new counter-terrorism battlefield: We are decimating ISIS in the Middle East. What’s happening is, they’ll go to parts of Africa, they’ll go to other places. When they get there, we meet them. It’s a dangerous business. It’s a tough war. We’re beating ISIS very badly. Donald J Trump, 45th US President, October 2017

Exactly what I was warning about since 2014 when the first book, Code Name VFO565, was published. The radicals are moving into Africa. The Israelis with Mossad are the kings in the Middle East, chasing them away. The South Africans with the South African Secret Service control sub-Saharan Africa. Within the above two spheres, you will find 80% of the radicals, the rest are hiding in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Wherever the War on Terror is being won, as Mr Trump noted, the threat moves away and mostly into Africa, the new battleground. But don’t think for one moment that the fighting will be easy. Africa is like no other theatre in the world, nothing like what you have seen before. Regarding the QME, ‘Qualitative Military Edge Doctrine,’ it is a known myth and nothing more. As I write these books I wonder where the West is not lacking and yet, the idiotic bubble of exceptionalism continues unabatedly in the White House and everywhere else. It is not based on reality, my research shows you lacking in almost every important area from SRAAM, anti-tank missiles, artillery, armour, drones, AI, and electronic warfare. Bluntly stated, I don’t see either the US or NATO winning a conventional war against Russia or China anytime soon unless major changes are made which is not throwing money at the Merchants of Death but demanding a positive return on investment. If a conventional war breaks out, I see you getting humiliated in the future. We can only hope I am wrong, in fact, I pray that I am wrong but I am not. What is even worse is that the Chinese are relentlessly making the strategic moves and today the USA is cut off already and yet this is not seen by those blinded by their arrogance. I reveal the above and much more in my books, especially ‘American Military Might – Debunked’ must be read with the much shorter Intelligence Briefing, it is important. And if you wish to know why the mightiest Protestant country ever, is abused, read Code Name Rebecca 65 where it is explained. This is not by chance. GMJ

Special Forces Selection starts with God and ends with God’s mercy in your favour. Have no doubt, without faith you will get nowhere. When a man is dying in combat, he cries for his mom or God, between the two, only God is always close by and able to help. Believe me, gentlemen, you will often cry for both of the above beings before we are done with you today. This program is not for everyone, 95% of you will not make it. Accept that and do your best, show me that you are worthy of Special Forces. Captain Geelslang Peter Ndebele at the first day of Selection to new recruits, his predictions were never wrong.

When you hear a story, you remember, when you see the PowerPoint slides so beloved by Western Militaries, you forget within minutes and fall asleep. We don’t do boring and we count success by results, not money wasted or tons of bombs dropped, we want to win at any cost payable by the enemy. Major Geoffrey Foxtrot on more than one occasion.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you gain in knowledge. Major General Angelique Dawson-Foxtrot to GMJ years ago.

She was spot on, as always. No one reads a GMJ Book without learning something or so I am told... but I paid dearly for the knowledge. When I walked out of operations, they asked me what will you do? I said I wanted to be normal. They said it is impossible, that I am not normal, I was chosen, born to be special, for the Great Game. No one walks out of operations. I said I wanted to be normal. And an older colleague stopped me, he shook hands, said, if you want to be normal, find love, find a good woman that will love you no matter what. You will slowly become what is in your DNA and not your training. I asked him, if you know this, why didn’t you walk away years before? He said he could not find a woman to love him that much. He died a few weeks later in an operation in Burkina Faso. GMJ to Rebecca, the One, August 2018.

BABA WETHU

Baba wethu osezulwini

Maliphathwe ngobungcwele igama lakho.

Umbuso wakho mawufike.

Intando yakho mayenziwe emhlabeni njengasezulwini.

Awusiphe namhla isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla.

Usithethelele izono zethu

njengoba nathi sibathethelela abasonayo.

Ungasingenisi ekulingweni

kodwa usisindise kokubi.

Amen.

(The Lord’s Prayer in Zulu, Gloria in excelsis Deo)

DISCOVER OTHER BOOKS WRITTEN BY GEORGE M JAMES

1. Code Name VFO565

2. Code Name Pour Angelique

3. Code Name Phoenix

4. Code Name Lise

5. Code Name Dawson

6. Code Name Foxtrot

7. Code Name Angel

8. Code Name Odette

9. Code Name Sanford

10. Code Name Honey Bee

11. Code Name Devorah

12. Code Name Willow Bay

13. Code Name Missa 72

14. Code Name Cadillac

15. Code Name Blue Tang

16. Code Name OST-M

17. Code Name Wrangler

18. Code Name Casselberry

19. Code Name Bella Dawn

20. Code Name Green 41

21. Code Name Celery 50

22. Code Name Caribbean

23. Code Name Butterfly

24. Code Name Phantom

25. Code Name Mel’s Choice

26. Code Name Halloween 38

27. Code Name Anika

28. Code Name Lucy

29. Code Name Moonlight

30. Code Name Oath 19

31. Code Name Ghost

32. Code Name Jen

33. Code Name Alphabet 32

34. Code Name One Alpha

35. American Military Might – Debunked (Non-fiction)

36. Code Name Ndebele 14

37. Code Name Dawn

38. Code Name VET 101

39. Code Name Angelique

40. Code Name GSSP-40

41. Code Name Mélisse

42. Code Name Wednesday 7

43. Code Name Unbutton

44. Code Name Rebecca 65

45. Code Name Swan 53

46. VOICES – War Crimes USA (Non-fiction)

47. GMJ Intelligence Briefing (Non-Fiction)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Author's Note

Chapter 1 Ukuthula Ranch runway, 3 August 2010, late at night

Chapter 2 Campsite, Ukuthula Ranch, 4 August 2010, morning hours

Chapter 3 Thandiwe’s Beach, Ukuthula Ranch, 4 August 2010, afternoon

Chapter 4 Operational planning, Ukuthula Ranch runway, 5 August 2010

Chapter 5 Senhor Feradi, Kwêvoël, Ukuthula Ranch, 5 August 2010

Chapter 6 Test Flights, Super Frelon / Yak-14, Ukuthula Ranch, 6 August 2010

Chapter 7 Snatch-Launch, Super Frelon / Yak-14, Ukuthula Ranch, 7 August 2010

Chapter 8 Mélisse, Mélisse, Mélisse, Malawi, 10 August 2010

Chapter 9 Predator runway, Malawi 12 August 2010

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"Let me tell you about the Afrikaners, Professor. I had the bad luck to have met a few through the years. They have not changed much since Kipling wrote his book. Let me quote for you since I was reading it just the other day: 'Take a community of Dutchmen of the type of those who defended themselves for fifty years against all the power of Spain at a time when Spain was the greatest power in the world. Intermix with them a strain of those inflexible French Huguenots who gave up home and fortune and left their country for ever at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The product must obviously be one of the most rugged, virile, unconquerable races ever seen upon earth. Take this formidable people and train them for seven generations in constant warfare against savage men and ferocious beasts, in circumstances under which no weakling could survive, place them so that they acquire exceptional skill with weapons and in horsemanship, give them a country which is eminently suited to the tactics of the huntsman, the marksman, and the rider. Then, finally, put a finer temper upon their military qualities by a dour fatalistic Old Testament religion and an ardent and consuming patriotism. Combine all these qualities and all these impulses in one individual, and you have the modern Boer—the most formidable antagonist who ever crossed the path of Imperial Britain. Our military history has largely consisted in our conflicts with France, but Napoleon and all his veterans have never treated us so roughly as these hard-bitten farmers with their ancient theology and their inconveniently modern rifles.’"

In fact, it was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, of Sherlock Holmes fame, who wrote the above in his book The Great Boer War back in 1902 and to explain how a supposedly backward nation could keep the entire British Empire busy for three years and cause twenty times more casualties than what they ever suffered in a colonial war. Since then the Afrikaner fought the Germans, Italians, Japanese and his own insurgency without losing a fight. They were never defeated in battle in modern times.... (Taken from Code Name VFO565)

Author’s Note

No GMJ Book is just written. The topic is carefully chosen to enlighten the reader to current dangers / events. In this book, we look at several subjects I wanted to highlight for you as I was shocked to read the other day that some of the most popular South African authors say that they have no messages to the readers in their books, they write for entertainment only. I am not like that and I am most certainly not part of the South African author scene and with no desire ever to be. To be honest, I find books without messages shallow and without purpose, written for sheep by sheep, an insult to readers. Because I started off as a non-fiction writer, I am different in writing style, I always have messages in my books and that is by design and not by chance. I want the knowledge inside my books distributed. I want people to think about what they just read and the books to be of practical value besides being good entertainment. Curiously, many times after a GMJ Book is published, that what is revealed is published in the media or hastily denied.

I am further told by many readers that the non-US based weapon systems I describe in my books are not readily known to them. That is understandable, most people will only know their own country’s weapons. Thus, I added a page on my website (http://www.georgemjames.com/weapon-systems.html) to show you pictures of what I write about in the GMJ Books. Please hover your mouse over the picture, it will tell you what the picture represents and in which book, unless in many books, then only the name of the weapon system or place or person. Sometimes I forget that what is well known here may not be so well known there - I hope that you enjoy the page. Yet, that was not enough, the messages did not get through, and so, I wrote a lengthy book to debunk the American (NATO also) military myth called QME or the Qualitative Military Edge Doctrine. The QME is something that every US General, Admiral, Congressman, Senator, President and Citizen holds as the holy grail of American Military Power and has been doing so for many years (also included here is NATO, Western Militaries, note, I don’t mean the US alone, this is the last time I am saying so - the name is used because the US Military is NATO, not the other way around). It comes down to stating in simplified terms that the US Military has better technology and better training and because of this, they will have the edge against any numerically superior enemy, i.e. Russia, China, whoever, if a shooting war should break out. That is the myth and it is heard constantly in the mainstream media and everywhere else, seen as fact as much as the sun will rise in the east tomorrow. It is taken for granted that in any future military confrontation, the QME will ensure victory for the US and NATO. It is further believed that wild out of control spending is necessary: US defense capabilities are and will remain second to none, and now because of the new defense budget of $700 billion our military will be far stronger than ever. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders, 2 March 2018. Yep, rubbish in history, rubbish in real life, rubbish in general. The world outside the US smirked derisively, they know better. Patriotism and patriotic dismissals of bad news are dangerous when not based on facts. In American Military Might – Debunked, I destroy the QME and show you how ridiculous it is to put your hopes on spending without positive returns, what are you getting for your money? You will see in that book and others how poorer countries are building better weapons for much less costs and you will wonder how on earth that is even possible. Facts do not care whether you prefer Made in America products or not, the question is: What is the best right now? This is not a subjective opinion but objective, we look at facts and facts only. Bluntly put, if your aviators or pilots ever face the South African Denel V3E Agile Darter SRAAM in combat (see Code Name Blue Tang), they are dead. If they are in tanks and the Makopa anti-tank missile is launched at them (see Code Name Alphabet 32), they are dead. Yes, an African country with better military technology in crucial areas than the mighty US of A and NATO combined, it is shocking, absurd and yet true. And none of these weapons is exported to anyone that is an ally of the USA. Think about that.

In South Africa, after the 1994 changes when Mr Mandela took over, as I explained so many times in my books, Israel and the West instantly lost access to the latest (note I said latest, not all) South African Military technology. As is also explained in my books, the South African Secret Service has access to China’s supercomputers to break ciphers and they do break them, I warned often enough on your ciphers being read by the enemy, see Code Name Odette, GMJ 8, and other books. Sub-Saharan Africa is the new battleground and yet the US is being replaced at a rate which is unbelievable. So far, my warning fell on deaf ears but we must persevere. As I write these books I wonder where the West is not lacking and yet, the idiotic bubble of exceptionalism continues unabatedly in the White House and everywhere else. It is not based on reality, my research shows you lacking in almost every important area from SRAAM, anti-tank missiles, artillery, armour, drones, AI, and electronic warfare. Bluntly stated, I don’t see either the US or NATO winning a conventional war against Russia or China anytime soon unless major changes are made which is not throwing money at the Merchants of Death but demanding a positive return on investment. If a conventional war breaks out, I see you getting humiliated in the future. We can only hope I am wrong, in fact, I pray that I am wrong but I am not. What is even worse is that the Chinese are relentlessly making the strategic moves and today the USA is cut off already and yet this is not seen by those blinded by their arrogance. I reveal the above and much more in my books, American Military Might – Debunked should be read with the much shorter Intelligence Briefing.

GMJ Intelligence Briefing: Up until January 2019, I attached the often-mentioned Intelligence Briefing to every GMJ book at the request of many readers. It was a good idea. However, the briefing grew relentlessly in length to keep up with the latest Washington / London irrationalities / shenanigans designed to keep the US at perpetual war. The extra length added to the printing costs. It had to be updated once a month and all of the books reloaded on various websites. This placed an enormous burden on me, days of doing nothing else. The only logical solution was to create a separate book for the intelligence briefing combined with some of the expert political / military analysis to be found in the GMJ Series, i.e. on the MI6 / Ukrainian Skripal false flag operation, Jamal Khashoggi murder, the Niger Ambush and much more of interest to GMJ readers. And so, I created a lengthy book on its own. Since the intelligence contained is of a strategic nature and deliberately not tactical, it will be relevant in the foreseeable future. The warnings contained in this briefing are frightening for the US and NATO, logically set out, proven and, sadly, not fiction. The GMJ Intelligence Briefing is best when read together with the two other non-fiction books: American Military Might – Debunked as well as VOICES – War Crimes USA.

You will also read political studies in the Intelligence Briefing not to be found in mainstream Western media. That too, I am told, is shocking to many readers. America is detested intensely by many and hated by most, seen as a rogue state that needs to be destroyed for the better of mankind. And this you can blame squarely on the Washington Swamp, your political class. They caused and own this miserable state of affairs but you will pay the price, not them, they are well protected. If ever the QME is needed it is right now, yes, the greatest irony of all time. (Note: In November 2018, my reservations and warnings, the GMJ research, got confirmed. I’ll never forgive Barack Obama for what he did to our United States military by not funding it properly. It was depleted. It was old and tired, and I came in and I had to fix it, and I’m in the process of spending tremendous amounts of money, so I’ll never forgive him for what he did to our military. What he did made this country very unsafe... Donald J Trump on 9 November 2018. The United States has lost its military advantage to such a degree that it could potentially lose a future war with Russia or China. The US military could suffer unacceptably high casualties and loss of major capital assets in its next conflict. It might struggle to win, or perhaps lose, a war against China or Russia... National Defence Strategy Commission to the US Congress, 14 November 2018. What you do about this remains to be seen. I take no joy from being vindicated, be that known.)

As I said in the eulogy to my late wife on page 5, this book is special to me even though I don’t have favourites among them. It was hard to write, many memories, some tears, but never anger. When God recalled my wife for further service at a place I cannot be before my time and not welcome either, I ran towards God, not away. I never, not once, blamed God for my loss, but I beseeched God for help. This was a road that I could not walk alone and still cannot, this was and is worse than being behind enemy lines or a lifetime in the shadows. For any widower or widow reading here, running towards God, our Father, is the only way to survive your loss, trust me, you will lose more when you swing at God. Accept that what you don’t have the power to change. Not so much because you want to accept what happened, because you don’t, I know, but because you have no choice. Mercy is what is required here, not anger. Between the two, anger is easier but the worst choice possible.

From this book, I added something, a dedication: I wrote this book for you, my wife. Actually, all of them with their hidden codes and your ‘M’ on all the covers between my own initials. I had to keep busy or go insane after the machines were switched off - my final act of love to release you to the care of God, our Father. I started writing the GMJ Series. Three weeks, Honey, that is how long a GMJ Novel takes no matter how long or short. Just more than two weeks to write, a few days to rehearse, and then the editor gets them to make them readable, enjoyable. Real authors say that it cannot be done, it is impossible to write that fast. What do they know? We did so, 41 times in a row now and another three under my real name in between. When will it come to an end, I am asked. How long is a rope, I reply with a shrug, I never wanted to be an author or a widower. Truth to be told, Melissa, I don’t know the answer except to say that not one book was worth your life. I would give all I have to be with you again, even give up writing but what is required is my life. I see the irony, Sweetie, the price cannot be negotiated but you are not laughing with me when I say such things, you look angry, and so, I keep on writing. GMJ to his late wife on finalising Code Name Mélisse."

For what it is worth and to end online speculation, the main character in the GMJ Books, Angelique Dawson, is not based on my late wife but she does have her green eyes and auburn hair. She has a name which is a code relating to my late wife, but she is unique, no two people can be the same and Angelique is based on someone else that I used to know a long time ago. My late wife was never involved in the Great Game even if she held high US security clearances whilst programming US Navy flight simulators, something that she was uniquely qualified to do. I never asked her about her job, I did not wish to know what the US Navy was up to and could not care less to begin with. I further advised her to report my presence in her life to her superiors, to do the right thing as is required when you meet someone like me when you happen to be someone like her. The result of my presence was predictable and not something I wish to dwell over, it had major consequences for us. One day, perhaps, I will reveal what Deep State did to her, an American Patriot, in return, for the crime of loving me, her soul. (Her first words to me was something like: Hey, it is me, your soul! What the hell is wrong with you in not recognising me? And now I found you, after all these years of searching for you. Did you search for me also? Yes? You better apologise for not recognising me, I am hurt. Love at first sight, I am telling you, smile, I was staring too much, in all honesty.) As far as I am concerned, my view, which is not their view, obviously not, Deep State took her life with their pointless actions since I was never a threat to her or them. Let there be no doubt that I do not forgive or forget such insults. God may forgive and forget, but in my world you earn forgiveness by asking for it, the day will come when I walk into those responsible, no matter how remotely, and they will sincerely regret meeting me. They will cry twice as much as I did, that is my way, I attack first and when I do, I make an end. But she does not desire retaliation, something that comes naturally to a man like me. She had what is known as a great heart (something almost exclusively found in American women and nowhere else). She was kind, she believed in American exceptionalism, her country, her cause, her people, and even the White House. She would help others in need, always, so she does not desire revenge. She moved on to where she found peace and I am glad for her. Where she is now, they cannot hurt her any longer, she is safe with God and I will find her one day in heaven, it is written, I will find her again.

The night that she died she was in the US, in Florida, her home State. I was in Africa, not welcome to enter the country, not even for such an emergency. I was refused entry before for reasons unknown though I can think of many from my years in the shadows which were never against US interests, by the way. They never explain why, they never try to talk things over, they just ban as I am banned in many other countries too because of the US ban, it had a ripple effect. They are cowards and weaklings by nature, these US intelligence officers, always hiding behind red tape and their ten feet high walls, never wanting to meet face to face to talk things over. That too will have consequences as I point out in my books, the US have no decent spy networks in this theatre where to the terrorists are running - I write about this in many of my books, warning, and they don’t have the networks because they are too gutless to go out and mix with those knowing where the terrorists are hiding... but anyway, not my problem. I was helpless that night and the months before, watching from afar as her sister, a good woman if ever, dealt with the emergency. There was no way that my wife could live any longer, her body was bloated, yellow in colour, her organs packing up one by one, comatose and never about to regain consciousnesses. The machines were switched off to release her from her earthly body and that was her life, ended at 41 years of age. Ridiculously young, I sometimes look at her pictures and see a young vibrant woman, always smiling. Then I see myself although I try not to, completely grey haired since she passed, deep lines in my face which never were there before. In some way, I died as well, I died with my soul since I changed since then, I am not the same man. I will tell you this though, loneliness is the way of the shadows, I am used to that, the reason I was chosen all those years ago. I function alone better than most couples will ever do. But I recall looking at Missa the last time we were together and saying to her: If this is all that there is to my life, my wife, then it is enough, I am your husband, I found my soul... I never realised how prophetic the words would be. We were planning a lifetime together in a new country (for me), a new beginning away from the shadows, two kids as quickly as possible, even more, why not, she had the names chosen already, and so it was, dreams, you know? The dreams you have when a good woman loves you and you walk several inches taller because of that.

Death did not stop our love. She came here, yes, after her death. She was here that same night in a vision, I suppose (night for me, daylight there). She was here to explain why she died, calmly, without anger in what occurred and in medical terms that I could easily follow. Thus, I know what went wrong with her body and why the machines had to be switched off, she made sure that I understood and that there is no animosity between us, a final act of love that I must live with and God knows, that is not easy. An easy decision to make but the consequences not so much, you live with that. Since then, I saw her again twice, always when I needed her to smile at me as she used to do and she had a wonderful smile, white teeth, the works. I asked her once, Honey, why do you always smile? Her answer: I am happy, I have you and before I had you, I knew of you, of your existence. In one book I quoted her directly: If you are lost, I will search for you. If you leave, I will wait for you. If someone tries to take you away, I will fight for you. If someone asks me what a beautiful life is, I would lay my head on your shoulder and say, this. What do you say about such a love? It is humbling. I take comfort in that she always looks good, healthy, and happy, when I see her these days. And no, I don’t care what you make of the above testimony, because that is what it is, a testimony to the grace of God, it happened. I know what I saw and what I heard, I don’t do drugs or take alcohol or suffer from hallucinations. And so I wrote the GMJ Series of books, one a month, it really takes no more than three weeks each. They are not an obsession to me but writing them kept me busy and I met wonderful people across the world because of them. Nevertheless, I would have preferred my soul alive and with me and not one GMJ written, yet, somehow, the grace of God, no doubt, I made peace too. I am good, I accepted my fate, I don’t live in the past and there is more to me than the GMJ Books, much more.

In Code Name Mélisse, we carry on testing a new concept in counter-terrorism, the use of large military gliders to silently approach a terrorist nest. They are surprisingly effective, silent, and able to carry large numbers of operators, platoon size, to the target. I do not say that gliders will replace helicopter or air assaults but in certain cases they are much more effective than any helicopter will ever be. We first discussed the idea in Code Name Angelique, the book suppressed by CreateSpace for reasons unknown, where the concept is proved with many adventures in between. I also explain in great detail in that book the reasoning behind the return of the military glider, it makes for very interesting reading, heavily laced with history as are all GMJ Books. In this book, Code Name Mélisse, the glider concept must be demonstrated operationally and is. I show you how a joint force of current Special Forces members and spies from different nations work together. It is not uncommon, it happens more than what you think although the US and UK are seldom invited with, they tend to work with each other because of the Special Relationship which comes down to MI6 begging the CIA for money and then sharing, sort of, intelligence. I also went out of my way to show the planning behind a raid, how it works. The shooting part, the Hollywood version, is actually the boring part to me, it is getting to that point and the lads and lasses home again that interested me more during my own time in the shadows. That is where the military art lays, not the shooting. For some this will be fascinating, for others, probably tedious but I do say this, unless you understand logistics & training combined with superb intelligence, you will never make it far in war.

I further wanted to highlight how vulnerable US Military personnel and or CIA operatives are in this theatre. They can be taken out without difficulty and the time is rapidly approaching that that too will come. Most are already marked for death. Thus, in Code Name Mélisse, a CIA Predator drone is attacked and a Jesuit priest, working for the CIA, behind the attack on Angelique Dawson in Code Name GSSP-40 confronted. His birthright as an American will not save him and that is perhaps the lesson in this book to take with you, don’t ever think that your US passport or UK, or whatever, will protect you. We don’t threaten, we don’t tweet brave words in the middle of the night whilst gorging on cheese burgers, we simply come for you and you will die when that happens. I find it amusing when people seem to think that they cannot be killed just because they are from a First World country as if that will somehow, God kens how, will protect their asses. I ask you, see this book as a warning, not anti-American, it is blunt reality facing those that are here without an invitation, especially when acting as mercenaries. Do some research on Costas Georgiou (aka Colonel Callan) and wake up. Then, the first fifty pages are about the 2018 Putin new generation weapon disclosures and the Skripal poisoning incident as well as touching briefly on the idiotic US, UK and French missile strike on Syria, an act of war, for a nerve gas attack that never was. It is important to me to make a stand, to put my thoughts in writing and years down the line you may read here and judge if I was right or wrong but that is not the reason, this is not about me. When you deal with counter-terrorism, you deal with patterns, you look for indicators in what is happening, something I have a natural talent for (not my words). Therefore, I add the modern history for you, pointing out where mainstream media and the politicians lied to you or simply will not report fairly on events or they move on to the next self-created pretext which is coming as sure as the sun rises tomorrow. I may be wrong, I may be right, and my views are what is not published in the US, therefore, they are important because that is what your enemies think and say. Which brings me to a difficult topic. The one thing about America which pisses off everyone outside it is the near constant reference to exceptionalism which is something that the current leaders cannot claim to have, not when acting against international law in ways that are more common to rogue states. America’s arrogance, it is not natural pride anymore, since 1991 and the fall of the Soviet Union is causing enormous problems on a great many levels, unnecessary ones. You will not believe the hatred against you for no other reason than that you are American and think you are exceptional. You may well be but shoving it into everyone’s faces? Really? And always on the side of rightness? Really? This reminds me of many stating, I am Jewish and thus I am the chosen tribe of God and saved automatically because I am Jewish. Therefore, I am better than you. Hello, Jesus destroyed that argument, as did the Apostles, works alone and being born Jewish will not save you, grace does and thus it comes down to the individual. You cannot claim exceptionalism just because of where you were born, it is insane, go out and do something exceptional and perhaps you may be recognised as such. It does not come automatically to the exclusion of all others, and yet, that is exactly what is claimed today in Congress, in US mainstream media, and no one says anything about it: America can attack any country because America is exceptional... Really? Are you flippen impaired or just arrogant? See Chapter 9 for more on this if you wish, I don’t have the space to write all the reasons in the author’s note, this book is over 600 pages already in its printed form. You may see my video page on my website too, I speak about that in some detail and be warned you might not like what I have to say but it is needed. It is such attitudes from the very highest levels that creates hatred and it is unbiblical too, by the way, arrogance is not the way of Jesus or of diplomacy, it is the way of a bully and a bully, believe me, breaks very quickly when confronted by his own size. I point out in this book where the exceptionalism argument is taken too far, it is for you to decide what to do with my arguments and I am in no way alone in saying this. Remember though, I am not your enemy, if I was, I would keep quiet and let you carry on with your ways as you would let a drowning man drown, not something that decent people do. Sometimes even friends must speak frankly, to warn, not to insult, to counsel.

I am at times accused by Deep State and their paid lackeys that I use Russian / Chinese intelligence in my books where I expose US and NATO weaknesses and or war crimes. The historian / author / analyst, be it known, cross-checks whatever comes across his path or the information has no value. He frequently finds the evidence / information that he needs for his books / exposés in enemy archives because he is not allowed by self-protecting laws to access the information in his own country. Or, and this is happening all the time, that what mainstream is publishing is deceitful and half-truths. Let me give you an example taken from a BBC article regarding Donald J Trump’s movements on 11 November 2018, And he skipped an outing to a French cemetery that was filled with graves of US soldiers who had served in World War I. What the journalist fails to add is that it was raining that day in Paris and also foggy. The Presidential helicopter could not fly in safety to the cemetery and the presidential convoy would have caused immense disruption to the Paris traffic. For these reasons, the president did not go to the cemetery, not because he was afraid of the rain or has disrespect for the fallen soldiers. Quite reasonable, I would say, but not a word is explained further, a half-truth is left hanging there. Such is the propaganda that you are exposed to which is nothing to the effect of doctored pictures. Who will not recall Time Magazine faking an illegal alien child being dominated by the well-known Scrooge Donald J Trump? There are countless such examples doing the rounds and always when illegal immigration is approved of by the elite. It is thought-provoking that Hilarious Clinton got by far most of her votes in rich / affluent districts, you know, those people that will never compete with an illegal immigrant for a job. In Code Name Swan 53 we look at where the militaries are recruiting, the poor- and working-class families. The mainstream liars also never tell you that the so-called refugees... read migrants, are 70% and more unaccompanied young males. All you see on the news is the women and children being tear gassed. When you see the shenanigans that the ruling class is up to, you fully understand their outright reluctance to be exposed. The Arch Liar, that is Winston S Churchill to you, not a man admired in my books for a great many good and accurate reasons, said that history will be kind to me because I intend writing it... And he did, and today you know what he wrote and precious little regarding his many faults. But is that accurate history or propaganda? In all conventional wars the ruling class ensures that the enemy archives are either destroyed or captured and locked away for 150 years. Anything and everything needed to be done to protect their unblemished reputation and interests will be done. But much has changed in the last decade with the internet becoming freely available. Research is now easier than ever and much more comfortable. Let it be known, I will look for whatever I need wherever it is to be found. I will quote from the BBC to Sputnik as long as the original article is based on something that I can trace to its source and not the opinion of the writer in which I am not interested in. Unlike the mainstream journalists, I do not use mysterious, anonymous and unverified sources close to matter or such crap. Whenever I read that, I dismiss it automatically as fake news with hostile intent to mislead and deceive. I also look carefully at the wording of official statements. Wherever I find is confident, are consistent, are intended, high probability, no other explanation and we believe I dismiss it outright as fake news no matter who says it or what Agency made the statement. See Code Name Moonlight and American Military Might – Debunked, where this is explained in detail. Sadly, these words too are simply ignored by the mainstream liars and they then make out as if the report / statement is gospel – see Code Name Swan 53 where their techniques are explained. My books are researchable and thus I am willing to invite you to check the facts for yourself. I know what you will find. It is insane to say that an author cannot look for information / evidence outside his own country or blame him when he does so. That would be a clampdown and suppression of free speech. Let me remind you of what German Pastor Martin Niemöller said after being released from a Nazi Concentration Camp: First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak for me. I hope you enjoy the GMJ Series. They are books worth reading if you like military history, romance, espionage and although the books have a strong South African flavour, the messages in them are directed towards the West. Keep in mind that the GMJ Books are written as a warning to those who may not understand what is happening in sub-Saharan Africa, the new battleground, as we speak. As such, the GMJ Series contain intelligence truths which some will dislike on principle, if so, I invite you to research my books. I believe the public should be informed. And that the warnings communicated in this book are of utmost importance.

Description: South African spymaster extraordinaire, Angelique Dawson and her team are combining with Mossad, DGSE (French spies) and MI6 teams to prove that a large military glider can be used effectively in counter-terrorism operations. They must attack a recently discovered terrorist compound in Malawi, snatch a terrorist leader and do so at night, withdrawing across Lake Malawi to Mozambique before sunrise. Angelique is as usual not explaining much to her future husband and former Police Special Forces Company Commander, Geoffrey Foxtrot, the narrator, trying to keep her safe. There are other shenanigans ongoing, the destruction of a CIA operated Predator drone as well as ambushing a rogue element inside the CIA that tried to murder Angelique the previous week during Code Name GSSP-40. Worryingly, she does not have the usual towing aircraft for the military glider and is forced to use a Super Frelon helicopter, never used before in this role. Such complications will not stop Angelique Dawson, a superb combat pilot, she will do what is necessary no matter what. If you wish to read about Covert and Special Forces Operations in sub-Saharan Africa, the GMJ Books are the place to start. You will learn about covert operations, Special Forces techniques and military history not known outside the select few. Code Name Mélisse is the 41st book of the GMJ Series.

As you may know, a surprising percentage of GMJ Books are suppressed, yes, they use that ugly word, suppressed by mainstream publishers, see my blog http://www.georgemjames.com/gmj-blog/put-god-first-and-see-what-happens-the-immediate-suppression-of-your-books for more details. This is not about royalties but freedom of speech. It is a very big deal when any book, conservative or liberal, is suppressed without legal justification. We added dozens of audio clips at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC89xiDq-jbHsIDVsgvUtfAQ and http://www.georgemjames.com/author--video.html where you can listen to GMJ talking about his books. I hope that you enjoy them. If you like the GMJ Books, please take the time to write a good review online, it is the only way to spread the word on the messages they contain. Again, thank you, my readers are important to me: http://www.georgemjames.com/gmj-blog/angeliques-song.

Thank you,

George M James

2018

"US defense capabilities are and will remain second to none, and now because of the new defense budget of $700 billion our military will be far stronger than ever." White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders, 2 March 2018 in response to Vladimir Putin’s State of Russia address where he revealed new and advanced weapon systems

"I sometimes wish to mail a copy of American Military Might – Debunked to the White House. Spending wildly will not give you victory and your Merchants of Death are giving you no return worthy of your investments, they are lying to you as exposed in my books. Your weapon systems are lacking in important areas, areas which will be crucial in any war. Your pilots do not fly often enough to be combat ready and your helicopter pilots cannot even land in dusty conditions, they crash and burn spectacularly. Your F-15 air superiority airframes are falling apart in mid-air and are mostly grounded because of that. Your F-22 and F-35 Program is a catastrophe and your proud Marines are reduced to scrounging museums for spare parts to keep their elderly F-18 Hornets flying. Your naval vessels crash into merchant ships because their watchkeepers / commanders are too incompetent to sail safely past other vessels. To get three carrier groups close to North Korea you had to exhaust the fleet worldwide of aircraft, yes, we know. Your army is appraised as Mickey Mouse soldiers that will run for home after suffering a few casualties and your Special Forces are rated as low standard units, yes, far below that of an African Nation that you have probably never heard about. Your missiles, when launched, are most often shot down or jammed. That spending comment showed to me that