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A firefighter is convinced his father is responsible for the embassy bombing that killed four American citizens.OPPOSITION REFLEX is the story of Steve Casella, a San Francisco firefighter struggling with his father's legacy of triggering a vicious terrorist attack. After two years of distancing himself from his father's actions, he's confronted by Edie Pauling, a journalist from New Jersey, who is also the daughter of the retired Navy SEAL killed attempting to stop the embassy attack blamed on Steve's father. Driven by Edie's thirst for justice, Steve is wrenched from a haunted past. Pushing aside their differences, they discover a conspiracy that points to the highest levels of government. As they get closer to the truth, the desperate actions of their enemies serve only to bind the motivations of this once unlikely pair. There is little time to act on their newly found evidence before the conspirators succeed in tilting the scales of government beyond the constitutional limits, and the future of this nation is steered from its basic foundations.OPPOSITION REFLEX is the first book in the award-winning thriller saga: THE AMBER RESTRAINED SERIES. This series chronicles the escapades of two disparate individuals, Steve Casella and Edie Pauling, who surmount their differences and form a bond that takes them on a journey to fight the injustices assailing the American dream. Together they challenge the seemingly unending barrage of incompetence and corruption that is ignored, facilitated, or orchestrated by the almost invincible power structure of an encroaching government. Along for the ride is Amber, a dog Steve has rescued from a fatal house fire. The sometimes disobedient canine companion is a constant source of frustration and amusement, but as part of their team, no one is more capable to assist when times get rough. As the nation and the world gather at the brink, Steve and Edie desperately try to gain traction against the slippery slope toward ultimate destruction.

While investigating suspicious fires at the vice president's family business, Steve Casella runs into a brutal plot spearheaded by corrupt labor leaders and discovers his own family's potential culpability tied to a past in organized crime. Steve's girlfriend, Edie Pauling, teams up to help and is confronted with her brother as the prime suspect in the murder of a young female student. As they dig deeper, the plot spreads to the nation's capital. In a desperate attempt to save her brother's life, Edie faces her own mortality. THE GUARDING STATE is the third book in The Amber Restrained Series. The series chronicles the escapades of two disparate individuals, Steve Casella and Edie Pauling, who surmount their differences and form an interminable bond that takes them on a journey to fight the injustices assailing the American dream. Together they challenge the seemingly unending barrage of incompetence and corruption that is ignored, facilitated or orchestrated by the almost invincible power structure of an encroaching government. Along for the ride is Amber, a dog Steve has rescued from a fatal house fire. The sometimes disobedient canine companion is a constant source of frustration and amusement, but as part of their team, no one is more capable to assist when times get rough. As the nation and the world gather at the brink, Steve and Edie desperately try to gain traction against the slippery slope toward ultimate destruction.

Steve Casella is a firefighter with unique responsibilities. His wife, Edie Pauling, once a journalist, is now an advisor to the president. They're driven into a dangerous game of corruption when a close friend becomes an unwitting victim in a controversial government-sponsored healthcare study. Edie presents the president with a bold plan that could destroy his legacy and compromise the nation's strength in fighting terrorists. As Edie's past comes back to haunt her, new enemies seek to silence her. With help from his canine sidekick, Steve works against time to save Edie and prevent a massive attack on American soil.

The president must rein in the devolving state of affairs in the Middle East or a worldwide crisis will soon reach the point of no return. With the U.S. Constitution and the fate of his family in the balance, the president squares off against a dangerous coalition in an attempt to abort the birth of a new world order. If not for the timely assistance of a liberal firefighter who can't seem to grow up, a conservative journalist who needs to save the world, and an independent white German Shepherd who'd bite anyone getting in their way-the world's sole remaining super power is on track to make the last days of the Roman Empire seem like the good old days.