{"id":374,"date":"2010-07-14T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=374"},"modified":"2010-07-14T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T09:26:00","slug":"first-page-against-all-odds-author-irene-hannon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/first-page-against-all-odds-author-irene-hannon","title":{"rendered":"First Page-Against All Odds-Author Irene Hannon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AGAINST ALL ODDS by Irene Hannon<\/u><\/b><\/span> <\/p>\n

Book 1\u2014Heroes of Quantico series<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Prologue<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSir? I think you need to hear this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With a preoccupied frown, David Callahan looked up from the security briefing in his hand. His aide, Salam Farah, stood on the threshold of his small office deep inside the fortified U.S. Embassy compound in Kabul, Afghanistan. The man was holding a tape recorder and a single sheet of paper.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA new message from the terrorists?\u201d David lowered the briefing to his desk.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYes. And another personal threat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not interested in threats directed at me.\u201d David waved the comment aside. \u201cLet our security people worry about them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis one is different, sir.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After forty years in the diplomatic service, most of them spent dealing with volatile situations in the world\u2019s hot spots, David had learned to trust his instincts about people. And in the two months he\u2019d been back in Afghanistan trying to help stabilize the local government, he\u2019d come to respect Salam\u2019s judgment. His aide wouldn\u2019t raise a red flag unless there was good cause.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll right.\u201d David adjusted his wire-rimmed glasses and held out his hand. \u201cLet\u2019s see what they have to say.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In silence, Salam set the recorder on the desk, pressed the play button and passed the sheet of paper to David.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the spoken message was relayed in Pashto, the language favored by the Taliban, David scanned the translation. The warning was similar to those that had come before: Convince the country\u2019s struggling fledgling government to release a dozen incarcerated terrorists and pay a twenty-million-dollar ransom, or the three U.S. hostages that had been kidnapped a week ago would die.<\/span><\/p>\n

But as he read the last line, he understood Salam\u2019s concern. The nature of the personal threat had, indeed, changed.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you do not convince the government to meet our demands, your daughter will be our next target.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

www.irenehannon.com<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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