Secret Assault

WINNER Indie Book Award
San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention

Another award winning Zack Kelly novel by Don Helin. Sequel to Devil’s Den, Secret Assault will not disappoint!

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WINNER Indie Book Award–Best Suspense/Thriller
Gold Medal winner at 2015 Military Writers Society of America Conference
San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention–Best General Fiction

The June evening had been perfect—the speeches are over, the last dance is underway, and the president’s national security advisor, General Aaron Hightower, is leaving his retirement party when he is gunned down by a Vietnamese assassin.

Colonel Zack Kelly spots the killer and gives chase, but the shooter is hit by a truck and killed. Zack and his partner, Lieutenant Colonel Rene Garcia, determine that Hightower is the sixth army leader attacked in the past four months.

They investigate the chilling possibility the shootings are part of a plot against the government. Is a serial killer on the loose? Are other lives at stake? Cabinet members? Is the president himself at risk?

Things are not as they seem, however. After two more military retirees are murdered, Zack’s world is rocked by an event so traumatic, the hunt for the killers turns deadly personal.

What People Say

“Rock-em-sock-em, ball of fire, roller-coaster, take your pick: Don Helin covers them all in this terrific book. Do yourself a favor and get one . . . and be prepared to stay awake far, far into the night.”

–Bestselling author Shane Gericke, TORN APART

“SECRET ASSAULT is a turbo-charged political thriller packed with nail-biting tension, breathless action and devious plot twists. Highly recommended!”

–Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of CODE ZERO and FALL OF NIGHT

“Fans of Tom Clancy and Vince Flynn will instantly sign up for this no-holds-barred, front-and-center thriller–written with the tough confidence, and been-there-done-that access of a savvy author who clearly knows his military stuff.”

– Hank Phillippi Ryan– Agatha, Anthony, Macavity and Mary Higgins Clark award winning author

“Don Helin’s latest is a terrific, prescient tale in which the ghosts of the past and the present converge in an all-too plausible conspiracy aimed at the highest corridors of power. Rich in the traditions of W.E.B. Griffin, Nelson DeMille and Tom Clancy, this is the best military thriller you will read this, or maybe any, year.”

–Jon Land, award winning, bestselling author of STRONG RAIN FALLING.

Year Published

2015
ISBN

9781882658053
Cover

Paperback
Size

6 x 9
Author

Don Helin

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About the Author

About the Author 

During his time in the military, Don Helin served at a number of stateside posts as well as overseas in Vietnam and Germany. He is the author of seven thrillers that draw from his military experience, including three tours in the Pentagon. He writes for TheBurg, a community magazine based in Harrisburg.

Don is the editor of the new anthology, VOICES FROM THE PANDEMIC. 2020 has brought changes in everyone’s life. Read the memoirs of healthcare workers, educators, writers and entertainers, people who have experienced loss, and a special group — elementary school students — to better understand what this period has meant to all of us.

His novel, Secret Assault, was selected as the Best Suspense/Thriller at the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. His novel, Long Walk Home, won a Five Star review at Readers Favorite Awards and his latest novel, Roof of the World, was a finalist in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

You can reach Don at: www.donhelin.com

 

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