Child Finder

In this first story in the Child Finder Trilogy, Major Patrick O'Donnell, an Air Force Special Agent assigned to the Pentagon, begins experiencing haunting nightmares about children who have been abducted and murdered-before their bodies are found. It quickly becomes apparent that he has a special psychic gift that the government is all too eager to exploit. He is drawn into a Top Secret black world community overseen by the FBI that leverages his skills to solve child abductions. Soon Pat discovers that this black world has an even darker underbelly when those close to him begin to die mysteriously. Pat is Irish-Catholic, and he must draw upon his faith and values to sustain and guide him as he faces tough ethical decisions, challenges to his marriage, and the very real threat of harm to his own children... all because of his work. The Story Continues in The Child Finder Trilogy... Agent Pat O'Donnell's adventures are not over yet! Be sure to follow his story as suspense builds in the forthcoming second and third novels in the trilogy, Child Finder: Resurrection and Child Finder: Revelation... coming Fall 2009. Rescuing abducted children is a noble pursuit, but it comes at great cost. Pat must battle dark, murderous forces within his own trusted inner circle, as well as unimaginable evil that threatens his family. Before his journey ends Agent O'Donnell will learn explosive government information that will rock his understanding of life, the universe, and his own faith. Perhaps some secrets are best kept hidden... Colonel Michael "Mike" Angley, USAF (ret) enjoyed a rewarding 25-year career as a Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI). He is a seasoned criminal investigator and a counterintelligence and counterterrorism specialist. He received extensive training in Undercover Operations and Informant Management, and early in his career performed undercover work for the Air Force. Mike explains how this background has shaped his writing: "Child Finder gets its inspiration from my life's experiences. In particular, every single crime I investigated involving child victims literally broke my heart. The Child Finder Trilogy in some respects has given me an outlet to express that emotion, while weaving a few intriguing suspense tales along the way!"

New York, NY (August 1, 2011) Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and Special Agent Mike Angley writes his military/political thrillers with the genuine voice, insight and realism that comes with actual experience in counterintelligence and counterterrorism. Angley's novel brings the reader into a dangerous game of international intrigue. North Korean terrorists stage a brazen attack on the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, stealing his twin daughters in the assault. The eight-year-old girls are powerful psychics with amazing extrasensory gifts, and it is clear that the North Koreans abducted them because of these abilities. Only one man can rescue them. Air Force Special Agent Patrick O'Donnell is the government's top agent with his own psychic abilities... skills crucial to finding the Ambassador's daughters deep inside North Korea. But, there's more. There's a mystery about the twins that has the President of the United States and the Pope rattled, and no one is telling O'Donnell what that is. One thing is made clear to him in abundance: he must rescue the girls and bring them back to America with an urgency he has never experienced before. Will Agent O'Donnell be successful in rescuing the Ambassador's daughters? Will he be able to unravel the intrigue between the Oval Office and the Vatican? Perhaps O'Donnell will receive a revelation that will explain it all... and if he does, it may be something he wishes he never knew. Maybe some secrets are bet kept hidden.

Just when Special Agent O'Donnell thought he had put the past behind him he receives a call from his mentor. In this second novel of the Child Finder Trilogy, the TOP SECRET child rescue program O'Donnell had been a part of has been revised, revamped, resurrected! The government needs his psychic skills more than ever. An evil, menacing child killer is on the loose and no one, but Pat can stop him! But O'Donnell soon discovers this new nemesis is more than he bargained for. Nothing can prepare him for the psychotic genius he must fight. Will he be able defeat this new enemy and prevent further death? Will he save his own family, which has come sharply in the killer's crosshairs? Coming soon will be the final novel of the Child Finder Trilogy, Child Finder: Revelation. Agent O'Donnell will go on arguably his most dangerous mission ever, and in the process learn government secrets so sensitive that he will question his concept of the universe, life, and his own faith.