In this episode of Stratfor's Pen and Sword podcast, hosted by Fred Burton, a conversation with Don Bentley. Bentley is the author of "Without Sanction," a Matt Drake Thriller. Writing is not Bentley's only career. As he tells Stratfor's Fred Burton, he also was an Apache Helicopter pilot and an FBI agent, and his first three books were rejected. In this action-packed thriller, Defense Intelligence Agent Matt Drake is a haunted man, scarred by a violent and deadly experience in Syria. His marriage is in jeopardy, and his old life is tantalizingly out of reach. But then, he gets a call for a mission and he heads back to Syria on a rescue mission.