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Автор Джек Марс
Jack Mars
Primary Target: The Forging of Luke Stone—Book #1 (an Action Thriller)
Jack Mars is the USA Today bestselling author of the LUKE STONE thriller series, which include the suspense thrillers ANY MEANS NECESSARY (book #1), OATH OF OFFICE (book #2), SITUATION ROOM (book #3), OPPOSE ANY FOE (book #4), PRESIDENT ELECT (book #5), OUR SACRED HONOR (book #6), and HOUSE DIVIDED (book #7). He is also the author of the new FORGING OF LUKE STONE prequel series, which begins with PRIMARY TARGET.
ANY MEANS NECESSARY (Book #1)
OATH OF OFFICE (Book #2)
SITUATION ROOM (Book #3)
OPPOSE ANY FOE (Book #4)
PRESIDENT ELECT (Book #5)
OUR SACRED HONOR (Book #6)
HOUSE DIVIDED (Book #7)
PRIMARY TARGET (Book #1)
PRIMARY COMMAND (Book #2)
AGENT ZERO (Book #1)
CHAPTER ONE
March 16, 2005
2:45 p. m. Afghanistan Time (5:15 a. m. Eastern Daylight Time)
Bagram Air Base
Parwan Province, Afghanistan
“Luke, you don’t have to do this,” Colonel Don Morris said.
Sergeant First Class Luke Stone stood at ease inside Don’s office.
The office itself was inside a glorified corrugated metal Quonset hut, not far from where the new runway was going in.The air base was a wonderland of constant sound—there were earth movers digging and paving, there were construction workers hammering together hundreds of plywood B-huts to replace the tents that troops stationed here had previously lived in, and if that wasn’t enough, there were Taliban rocket attacks from the surrounding mountains and suicide bombers on motorcycles blowing themselves up at the front gates.
Luke shrugged. His hair was longer than military guidance. He had a three-day growth of beard on his face. He wore a flight suit with no indication of rank on it.
