Dream Runners

Firing a vindictive serial killer employee is dangerous business, especially when that killer and the boss are also traitors. Between them, George Janis rides an emotional roller coaster. As a disadvantaged executive of a multinational company, this corporate climber evolves from a strong leader to a potential homicide victim, to a reluctant intelligence operative, to an avenging angel. With the help of his old friend, Sam Braxton, a retired executive of America's intelligence community, they stumble onto a plot of international intrigue. How will they respond? Who will survive? John W. Stevens, President of the United States, recalls Sam Braxton to military service. The mission? Leverage Colonel Braxton's unique off-the-books network, including George, to root out domestic and international leaders of a massive shadow organization. Their intent? Decimate American democracy for profit. Under White House direction, a covert military operation aims to neutralize a foreign government's massive attempts to subvert the American political process with the support of nefarious domestic operatives. Will they succeed?

Reads like Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child venture out on a conspiratorial road trip in an RV with John Sandford, Lee Childs and Dean Koontz! George (Geo) and Kate Janis return in this, the second book of the Dream Runners series. They hide in plain sight to avoid a bullet to the brain. Geo learns to ask the dead for advice, some of which is quite good-when forthcoming, that is. But his most daunting challenge? Culling out which conspiracies are real, and which are conjured by the traumatic brain injury he manages with some success. As a veteran, a business executive who retired early, a best-selling author, and now a notorious podcaster, Geo fights the same battle every minute of every day. But nights are far worse. No more so than in the blast furnace of the Arizona desert. Eight years ago, pulling a trigger to take a human life in the tropics altered Geo's mind. At the same time, a near-lethal blow to the base of his skull changed his body. Janis awakens swinging at Kate with clenched fists and hates himself for it. And he pretends arthritis causes his back pain, his limp, and the headaches. Now he and his wife fear discovery by the Patriot Brotherhood-a death sentence. But there is more at stake than their safety: National Security. Friends in high places need Geo's help-again-to defeat the Brotherhood and to defend democracy. He will serve once more, the risks be damned.