Bøger af T. James LeDoux

On July 18, 2015, U.S. intelligence indicated that a Russian lab in Iran was nearing completion of an advanced 500 kilowatt laser weapon that had the capability of removing aircraft and missiles from the sky at long distances in any weather potentially making air combat obsolete. In response, the U.S. Navy devised a mission as part of a bigger operation called 'Tin Cup', to go into Iran to delay or stop Russia's ability to create such a weapon. For seven days, the success of the mission rested on a small group of people accidently thrown together through a series of unexpected events. This is the story of that mission.

We all know of the magician's concept of misdirection or diversion. Show some distraction or bright, shiny object in one hand while the other hand is carrying out the real activity. In espionage, diversion is the primary tool used by the agent to get the enemy looking at something else while the objective is attained. It is the tool of survival for the foreign agent. The CAT205 Team, an undercover team of the Special Operations Group of the Office of Naval Intelligence, is tasked to find out about a potential threat emanating from somewhere in central Asia. Words like 'assassinate', 'test run', 'swarm' and 'global shift' are picked up in several messages that become suspect. The team must find out what the threat is and who is involved. To do so they have to keep the enemy off balance by constantly getting them to chase ghosts so they're always asking the question of "What if.." to something that appears different than what they see. As they work through the many barriers, they find that the threat is greater than anyone thought and the technology used is beyond the ability to defend against it. They must not be distracted by the enemy's bright, shiny object while not letting those they are working against know of their true intentions. It's a cat and mouse game where it's hard to tell who's the cat and who's the mouse.

Three pictures. Sent from a U.S. Congressman's office to a North Korean General that is intercepted by a U.S. intelligence team. What do the pictures mean, what is their intent and how is the congressman's office involved. The Office of Naval Intelligence assigns a small team to analyze the pictures and determine their use. What starts out as a simple code-breaking task turns into a nightmare involving foreign agents, Washington, DC politics, shadow governments and deep state players. The team not only has to deal with international intrigue but American assets working against them, as well. On top of this, they must also work against the clock and they're almost out of time before they even begin. In the midst of all this, they discover the real plan of North Korea's nuclear intentions and that the plan may already be in play.