ADAK
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Brick Revloc took a deep breath and slowly let it out. With the lead soldiers within 100 meters, he knew he was going to have to shoot. He thumbed off the safety. They were well within his shotgun’s effective range, and getting much too close for comfort. Hong Shin gave the "weapons free" order, which meant that upon spotting the enemy, his men could open fire. One of his lead men caught a glimpse of something near the large rock. He flipped his selector switch down from "safe" to "auto" and loosed off a short burst, the bullets hammering chips of stone all around Dale Broadbent. "Sh--!" He hunkered down even more and looked over at Brick Revloc. "Hey, Revloc," he whispered. "What would John Wayne do?" he asked. Then, he winked and said, "Don’t miss." Brick Revloc took a shallow breath and held it before filling his lungs halfway. He took up the slack on the trigger. Events were happening too fast for Pete Contino. He wanted to ask, Is this covered in our safety plan? but thought better of it. In the next instant, a ferocious boom echoed down towards the Koreans a split second after the slug streaked downward. Momentarily startled, one of the lead men hit the deck, bloodying his knee in the process. He looked over as an inhuman moan escaped from his partner. Air resistance peeled away the nylon petals of the sabot, as the one-ounce, hour-glass shaped lead slug, moving at 1,500 feet-per-second, slammed into the Korean’s lower left chest, tearing a massive wound as it exited out the back. He crumpled to the ground, air rasping from the sucking chest wound. Staring at the sky, his military mind could barely grasp what had happened. His whole chest cavity was on fire, sharp rocks gouged his back. He thought of the rice fields he tended as a boy on the Chongsan cooperative farm in Kangso District. My baskets are full, and so heavy...
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Kuwait City, 1991. The city lies largely in ruin, a primeval, derelict place, where civilization nearly ceased to exist. In the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm, bomb disposal teams are tasked to clear the thousands of unexploded munitions scattered throughout Kuwait City. U.S. Army Captain Brick Revloc is a bomb disposal officer in charge of coordinating Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) operations. He’s a savvy, scrappy little guy whose mouth lands him in as much trouble as the exotic places to which he travels. The threatening news that a weapon of mass destruction may be planted somewhere in the city by stay-behind Iraqi forces finds Brick Revloc in a race against the clock to locate and neutralize an improvised nuclear device that could contaminate the entire Persian Gulf region. Later, suffering disillusionment from his experience and failure to get promoted, Revloc leaves the Army and joins an agency whose mission is to investigate former military bases for the presence of unexploded bombs. He’s sent to Adak, a small, inhospitable island in the Aleutian chain. During World War II, it was the scene of fierce fighting between U.S. troops and Japanese forces. Now, North Korean special operations troops have infiltrated the island. Experiencing turmoil brought on by food shortages and a severely depressed economy, North Korea discovers that in World War II, containers of Lewisite, a type of mustard gas, were abandoned by the U.S. military on Adak Island. The North Koreans contrive an elaborate scheme to recover the toxic chemical and use it to their advantage. Their goal is to reunite the Korean peninsula by provoking a military response between the United States and China. By releasing the liquid blister agent onto the shores of main land China, they hope to create a chaotic situation where Taiwan is blamed. Their plan relies on the U.S. responding to an attack on Taiwan by China. In an inhospitable environment described as "the birthplace of the winds," two small groups of men battle for survival: the Americans attempting to prevent the North Koreans from getting away with their nefarious scheme, and the Koreans tracking down the only ones who can thwart their plan. There can be only one winner--
About the Author
Mr. Toliver was born in York, Pennsylvania in 1959. In college, he entered the ROTC program and received a two-year scholarship. A Distinguished Military Graduate, he was commissioned a 2LT in the Ordnance Corps in 1982. Upon completion of the Officer Basic Course, he volunteered for Explosive Ordnance Disposal duty. Upon graduation from the Naval School (EOD) at Indian Head, MD, he was assigned to the 19th Ordnance Detachment (EOD) in Vicenza, Italy. The three-year tour included commanding the unit. Following the Ordnance Officer Advanced Course, he was stationed in the Republic of Panama as an Ammunition Officer and Battalion S2/3. He attended the Combined Arms and Services Staff School, and then received the assignment as Operations Officer of the 543d Ordnance Detachment (EODCT) at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. His travels in the military have taken him to 23 countries in Europe, Southwest Asia, and Latin America. Mr. Toliver earned the Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge as well as the Parachutist Badge, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his participation in the Gulf War. Mr. Toliver is currently employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as an ordnance safety expert. He also holds a Reserve (IMA) EOD slot with the Defense Intelligence Agency. He has been married to his wife, Janet since 1983 and has two daughters.