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  When Blue Jay and Bean arrived at base camp, preparations for departure were already underway. The three vehicles were ready to move out and the last of the gear was being loaded.

  “Would rather do this at night, but I don’t think we have that option. Let’s load up,” Blue Jay ordered. “Bean, get on the radio and update JC on the situation.”

  In case someone had come across their trail when they crossed the border, the Team took a different return route to Oman.

  As the three vehicles traveled across the desert, everyone was very alert and kept watch, especially when passing sand dunes.

  “May have sun glare in the air at about two o’clock,” Tic alerted everyone over the com.

  Benz and Panda quickly turned their attention to that area and scanned for any type of aircraft.

  “Two gun ships,” Panda reported.

  “Let’s see what’s on their minds,” Blue Jay informed everyone, as he kept the convoy at the same speed and at the same time, guiding it toward a large dune not far away.

  “They’re getting close enough for rockets,” Tic informed everyone then alerted, “the lead ship just fired.”

  Now warned about the rockets being fired, the three vehicles took separate evasive actions with the dune being everyone’s destination.

  Blue Jay took a straight line for the dune. The vehicle was coming to a sliding stop behind the dune when Bean jumped out and started digging under a tarp in the back. Check was the next to arrive and Benz was doing the same as Bean.

  Air Jockey had turned off to the left when the convoy broke up, meaning he had to travel a longer distance to get behind the dune and the two gun ships saw him as easy prey, as they took turns with their rocket attacks. After some really creative driving to avoid rockets, Jockey finally managed to get behind the dune with the gun ships in hot pursuit. Both gun ships felt very confident of easy kills and pressed the attack, but were caught by surprise when they saw two men standing with what looked like shoulder held anti-aircraft missiles.

  Bean and Benz waited until the last second before locking on, and then fired the red eye missiles at the two gun ships. The ships tried to take evasive action, but it was too late, as both missiles found their marks and the gun ships exploded in midair.

  Knowing the downed gun ships must have reported seeing them, Blue Jay ordered everyone to mount up and the convoy resumed their journey toward Oman and the C-130 that would be waiting.

  After traveling a short distance, Panda inquired, “So, Jockey, why again did we have to take the long route and get shot at more times than we could count?”

  “Hey, somebody had to. Besides, it was a challenge,”

  Air Jockey added, knowing he had just put a mini-Bull Shit Derby into the starting gate.

  “Besides, it was a challenge,” Panda repeated the last part of his answer. “Well, putting your nose up somebody’s butt and fighting for air is a challenge too, but I don’t usually do it.”

  “I’m not so sure about that. You look the type and I’ll bet it’s a tight fit with a honker like that,” Jockey replied, as he reached over and pinched Panda’s nose.

  “So that’s the way it’s going to be,” Panda announced with a big smile on his face.

  Needless to say, the third vehicle was not a peaceful ride and Blue Jay had to tell them three times to hold down the noise during the trip back to Oman.

  Other Book by Ron Wootters

  We hope you enjoyed “Terrorist Moneyman.” If so, you may be interested in Ron Wootters’ other titles:

  Their Agency Fathers

  ISBN: 1-58939-348-1 (softcover)

  Blue Jay & Bean (Surgeons of Terror) first meet after being recruited by the CIA.

  With traditional training by two senior agents completed they are sent on missions to Nassau, Sardinia, Greece, Jamaica, Honduras and the Island of Cayos (Nicaragua).

  In this same time frame, the two men are being targeted by a traitor from inside the intelligence community and the atmosphere changes from light and humorous to deadly serious in an instant when the duo start playing by their own set of rules. The explanation for one incident remains unanswered and even the DDO at the CIA was still asking questions about it. Will you know the answer?

  Surgeons of Terror

  ISBN: 1-58939-217-5 (softcover)

  Book one of this series first covers the creation of the Board and then the Teams. Selection is made from the best of the best and once the Team is operational Projects take them to Mexico, Jamaica, Guatemala, Cuba and then back to the U.S.

  One of the Boards directives is to avoid Projects on U.S. soil unless it was felt the reason to be absolutely necessary and this Project goes from being absolutely necessary to potentially catastrophic in the blink of an eye.

  Surgeons of Terror II

  ISBN: 1-58939-824-6 (softcover)

  Book two of this series Projects require travel to Kuwait, Iraq and the Island of Corsica.

  Blue Jay & Bean sort of bend the 'no activity on U.S. soil directive' when they perform a favor in New York City for their old boss at the CIA and deal with one of Al-Qaida’s methods for communicating with their operatives.

  The Teams & Board are stretched to their max in planning and resources when they take on a Project that tries to prevent a war.

  SOT 3

  ISBN: 1-58939-935-8 (softcover)

  Book three of this series is action packed from beginning to end. Projects take the clandestine anti-terrorist group to Lebanon, Pakistan, South America, Island of Crete and the U.S.-Mexican Border.

  In addition to hitting the terrorist network in their most vital areas, the Team and Board also take on Project that involves locating Weapons of Mass Destruction.

  Action and suspense peak when the group has to fight for their very existence.

  SOT 4 – Trail of the Isotopes

  ISBN: 978-1-60264-026-9 (softcover)

  ISBN: 978-1-60264-328-4 (ebook)

  Book four of this series, the Team makes a return visit to Cuba when it is discovered a foreign government plans to control the Island from behind the scenes after Castro's death.

  An assassination in London launches the Board and Teams on a very complex Project that initially sends them to Europe, then on to other parts of the world while tracking radioactive Polonium 210.

  Suspense, intrigue and surprises fill this story, and just when you think you have it figured out, you discover that you don't.

  Surgeons of Terror 5 – Yar Island

  ISBN: 978-1-60264-257-7 (softcover)

  ISBN: 978-1-60264-663-6 (ebook)

  Book five of this series; Anti-terrorist Projects are still being carried out around the world. Since they are not under any type of government control no organization or country is considered off limits and a very critical decision is made to teach the powers that be in the U.S. a serious lesson.

  The identity of the Board and Teams still remain a mystery to the world, but the leader of a country is trying to change that fact.

  The Board and Teams have been very successful with disrupting his plans in the past and he has pulled out all of the stops in an effort to identify and then destroy them.

  SOT 6 – Al-Qaida 3763

  ISBN: 978-1-60264-902-6 (softcover)

  ISBN: 978-1-60264-903-3 (ebook)

  Book six of this fictional series has the Teams and Board dealing with their most intriguing and critical Project to date.

  Being under attack on a regular basis coupled with the demise of Osama Bin Laden, the world started to consider Al-Qaida as just another terrorist organization and the downward estimation was welcomed by Al-Qaida as they prepare for their next devastating attack. While maintaining absolute security they had managed to evade detection during their planning, testing, and were well underway in the preparation stage with not even a hint of the planned attack being leaked to anyone outside of Al-Qaida.

  About the Author

  Knowledge and experience acquired while being
privileged to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps and the Central Intelligence Agency helped Ron Wootters write these fictional novels. Ron lives in New Jersey with his wife, Rosemary.