Turbulent Skies by Ronald A. Fabick

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Turbulent Skies

by Ronald A. Fabick

 

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GENRE: Action/Adventure Thriller

 

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BLURB:

 

Flight 182 crashes in San Diego, everyone aboard is killed, including Reza Roshtti, who is on his way to present the final plans for a top secret project to his employer, California Robotics. Giti Roshtti appears on a newscast after the doomed flight, Jaffar Hamid Harraj is smitten with the bereaved widow who lives across the globe in the United States.

 

When Jack Coward, an ex-marine turned private investigator, is hired to find out everything he can about this beautiful woman, Jack sets in motion circumstances that bring Giti and Jaffar together. Unfortunately for Giti, Jaffar Harraj has a deep, dark secret. Jaffar is not only a senior member of the Islamic Hamas Movement, but a psychotic killer.

 

Jaffar's aim is to use Giti's U.S. citizenship as a mechanism through which he can establish inroads into the United States, the Great Satan of the western world and land of the infidels. One of the missions of Islamic Hamas is to spread terror throughout the United States.

 

The United States newest lettered agency, NATA or National Anti-Terrorist Agency has some new recruits, Jack Coward and his life-long friend Don Ziegler. They team up with other members of NATA, including ex-Air Force Lieutenant Michelle Hough, to try and discover the plans of Jaffar and the Islamic Hamas, and how Giti is involved in the two.

 

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EXCERPT:

 

 

Twelve time zones away, on the opposite side of the globe, the sun had already risen on the Iraqi city of Al-Qa’im. Al-Qa’im is located on the south bank of the Euphrates River, about one hundred miles due west of Lake Tharthar, and just a dozen miles inside the border Iraq shares with Syria.

 

Jaffar Hamid Harraj sat watching and recording morning news from around the world. This 37-year-old Muslim—leader of one of the largest cells of the Islamic Hamas Movement, an Iraqi terrorist group—knew it was important to keep abreast of world events. A smile crossed his lips as he listened to the latest tragedy that had befallen the ‘Great Satan,’ the term he and his compatriots used to refer to the western world, in particular the United States. He calmly sipped his morning tea, amused by the tragedy … until Giti Roshtti appeared on his screen. At that point he sat upright in his chair, spilling the hot liquid onto his lap.

 

He hardly noticed as the hot tea seeped into his robes; he sat there completely mesmerized by this beautiful American woman, who was clearly of Persian descent. “She is perfect,” he said to himself. He had long wanted a foothold in the United States, and what better way than to take an American bride? Not only was Giti Roshtti stunning, widowed and vulnerable, but she would know the values of her people and not be overly crass as many of the white women were. She would know her place and she would know how to treat a man.

 

After the interview with Giti was over, Jaffar Harraj sat for several moments in his chair replaying it on his videocassette recorder. Then he summoned his second in command. “Abdul, come in here at once!”

 

Abdul Salam Al-Kubesi, Jaffar’s second in command was not only entrenched in terrorist dealings with his boss, but he was also Al Qa’im’s chief of police. Since Al-Qa’im was located on the route most Middle Eastern terrorist groups took to get from Syria to Iraq and Iran, Abdul’s position put him in contact with a great many hard, tough men. But he could handle hard, tough men because he was one himself. And he handled them not by bringing them to justice but by recruiting them into the terrorist cell. Being chief of police—once Abdul’s main source of pride—was now mainly a means to enlarge the terrorist network.

 

“Abdul, my dear old friend. I don’t suppose you could use the resources at your disposal to find out all you can about this woman, this Giti Roshtti of Sacramento?” Jaffar indicated the frozen face of Giti on the television screen where he had paused the tape. The pleasant tone surprised Abdul; his boss was usually angry about something.

 

“Of course, Jaffar. I will be most pleased to do so. May I ask why?” “No!” snapped Jaffar, more in character.

 

“Not at this time. Maybe we can discuss it later.” With that Jaffar dismissed his friend, preferring to be alone to think about this woman, this Giti.

 

 

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Ronald Fabick was inspired to start writing when an author told him, "If you can read a book, you can write a book". Within two weeks he had the first chapter of Turbulent Skies written.

 

Prior to becoming an author, Ron spent over thirty years as a Senior Structural draftsman. He uses this extensive engineering experience to add depth and reality to his stories. In his spare time, Ron enjoys crafting furniture in his workshop and tinkering on his vintage truck. Ron now resides on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

 

Connect with Ronald Fabick

 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18841943.Ronald_Fabick 

 

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