Jake Walker

Our story opens in Afghanistan in 2002 and Special Forces operative Jake Walker is trapped on the side of a mountain. His team have been ambushed, they are carrying casualties and are sheltering from a growing number of Taliban fighters and a hidden machine gun. What happens next is an act of bravery which results in Jake being awarded the Medal of Honor, his country's highest decoration for valor. Fast forward ten years and Jake is out of the life, he's affected by post-traumatic stress and survivors’ guilt, but is doing okay and working for an LA-based security firm undertaking risk assessments. As he wraps up an assignment in Bolivia for the US State Department, he gets a call from his brother and has to return back to LA, his Father's fallen ill. Fortunately, the youngest daughter of the former US President is also flying home that day, after opening a school for her Father's Foundation. Jake knows her pilot from his previous life and manages to hitch a ride on her private jet. On the border of Panama and Colombia is a group of narcotraficantes, they have a ton of cocaine and are waiting to meet a light plane which is bringing them millions in cash. Steaming across the Panama Canal is the USS Peleliu returning from duty in the Middle East, its crew of sailors and marines counting the days, until they are home. Bringing them all together is an al-Qaeda operative intent on personal revenge. With battle scenes from Iraq and Afghanistan and contemporary action in Colombia, Seconds from Impact is a fast-paced, action-filled thrill ride that will leave you gasping for more.

A young American doctor is taking a well-earned holiday from her charity work in the tourist town of Portoroz in Slovenia. Feeling happy and safe in a local bar, she makes the fatal decision to talk with an attractive and charming man. But, before she realizes her mistake, he drugs her drink, takes her back to his apartment and rapes her, before giving her a fatal dose of heroin and dumping her body in the street. The Slovenian Police don't do their job and turn a blind eye, so her Seattle-based Father hires a private detective who skillfully identifies the murderer as Marko Kovak, the son of a senior Russian criminal, with blood ties to a larger Russian gang or vory. The Father wants justice so they they seek out someone who is capable of an act of rendition, someone with the skills and resources to snatch Kovak and bring him back to the States so that he can be charged with the young woman's murder. Jake Walker, a former US Special Forces operative, is fresh from his exploits in Colombia when he hears the Father's story and is offered a lot of money to bring Kovak back to the States. Jake doesn't really need the money, but his sense of injustice is strong and he agrees to assemble a team and attempt the mission. He seeks out three close buddies, all former Special Forces soldiers and they commence training in Montana. Before they can complete their preparations, however, the private detective is snatched from the streets of Portoroz as the Russians want to find out who he is and what he knows. If the detective talks, the mission can't be completed, so Jake suspends their training and his team fly immediately to Slovenia to rescue him. The Russians are heavily armed and fortified and they bring every man they have to the battle intent on killing the Americans and silencing any further pursuit. In the ensuing battle and car chase through Slovenia, Jake and his team need every skill they've ever learned just to get out of there alive. Can they also capture Kovak alive and bring him back too?