Silenced
The wrath of god descends, a novel
Chapter One
NOTHING HAD PREPARED Paul Stepola for living a double
life, and there were days when he wondered how long he could
go on. That wasn't like him. He had been military, a man's man,
a decorated operative in the National Peace Organization. But
he had seldom been called upon to work under cover. He had always
been a straightforward representative of the government of
the United Seven States of America. Paul relied on his bearing,
his presence, his intellect, his communication skills. Pretending
to be someone else had been fun on the few occasions his assignment
called for it, but those had always been short-term,
means to ends.
Now his whole life was an elaborate deceit. Paul was a mole
within his own agency, within his own family. He had undergone
the greatest transformation a man could, and he could
think of nothing he would rather do than tell his wife and
children and include them in his new life. But he could not.
Without knowing in advance Jae's reaction, or whether she
would tell her father, Paul could not risk it. The truth in ... read full excerpt from: Silenced (#2 Underground Zealot) ebook
