Mike Stanton considers himself a dyslexic screw up who can’t focus his scrambled mind on anything. Years ago, his discharge from the Air Force sent him into a tailspin. But a rogue general, Black Wolf, believed him and believed in him. So, Mike joined his “Black Ops” group to serve our nation in secrecy.
True, Mike’s been a little down on his luck lately. When his ex-wife moved to Texas, taking his daughter with her, he tried to drink his loneliness away. The excerpt below from the chapter entitled A Cold and Lonely Place describes his problem and his desire to start over:
I didn’t take rejection well. First, I drank a lot, then I drank a lot more. One day I woke in the gutter with a long neck in my hand. Okay, so it wasn’t just one day, but one day I said to myself, “No more!” And I meant it.
Six or seven failures later, I sought help. I think most people just want a second chance, or third, or forth — just a fresh start. In that gutter, I decided to fight back. Sure, it took a while to act, but better late than never. That’s what my third-grade teacher, Ms. Price, used to say. Why can’t I forget about her? Bad brain, I guess.
What’s worse, after an incident in the desert, Mike finds himself in the uncomfortable position of having people depend on him.
Can Mike pull it together? Can he find love again, or will it even matter? Can the military, with the help of Black Wolf’s lookouts, repel the silver and red menace and their allied forces, including the illuminated ones, powerful music executives and top acts, including Priestess LaZae, the hottest, biggest selling female artist of all time?
Who knew space truckin’ could be so dangerous?
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