Zachary Garrett makes a thrilling return in Hidden Threat with a promotion to colonel and orders to report to Afghanistan to kill or capture al Qaeda's senior leaders. But Zachary's mission takes a deadly turn as his team plows into a fierce ambush in the Hindu Kush Mountains. News of the esteemed colonel's death devastates the Special Forces community, yet Zachary's daughter, Amanda, is unmoved when the Army casualty assistance team appears on her doorstep. Estranged from her father, Amanda only responds to the assistance team when they mention the $500,000 life insurance payout. But there's a catch: Amanda must meet for five sessions with revered psychiatrist Riley Dwyer, who has her own ties to Amanda's father. Eager to collect her payout, Amanda reports to her first session with Riley and begins a mind bending journey that strips away the facade of her life. Meanwhile, new clues regarding Zachary's fate surface when Matt and Major General Jack Rampert's team embark on a vengeance mission into forbidden Pakistan territory. Rocke's mastery of suspense keeps the reader guessing as Amanda and Matt begin a rapid-fire journey to discover the truth about Zachary in Hidden Threat.
Anthony J. Tata graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1981 and retired after 28 years of uniformed service on 1 June 2009 as a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. Among his many assignments as a paratrooper and combat infantryman, Tony commanded a paratrooper battalion in the 82nd Airborne Division and an air assault brigade in the 101st Airborne Division. Most recently he was the deputy commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division and Combined/Joint Task Force-76 in Afghanistan. BG Tata has deployed on combat missions and operations in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia, Panama and the Philippines. He has been awarded the Combat Action Badge and Bronze Star, is a Master Parachutist and graduate of the U.S. Army's Ranger School.
Tony served as a National Security Fellow at Harvard University's JFK School of Government, has an M.A. in International Relations from the Catholic University of America, and earned a Master of Military Art and Science from the Army's School of Advanced Military Studies. Notably, he is listed as a distinguished member of the 502nd, 504th, and 505th Parachute Infantry Regiments.
Tony is currently serving as a Broad Academy Fellow with the Eli Broad Foundation, which focuses on training leaders around the country for service as superintendents in large urban school districts. After a career serving his country in uniform, Tony is finding his second calling in education reform in America.
The author of the critically acclaimed Threat Series fiction novels featuring the Garrett Brothers, Tony donates 100% of his Sudden Threat book proceeds to the USO Metro DC Hospital Services fund for Wounded Warriors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda National Naval Medical Center. BG Tata's story has garnered national attention with appearances on FoxNews' The O'Reilly Factor, America's Newsroom, Fox and Friends Weekday and Weekend Editions, The CW's Daily Buzz, NBC's Today Show with Jane Pauley, The South Florida Today Show, The CBS Early Show, local television stations around the country, and scores of nationally syndicated and local station radio interviews.
The third novel in the Garrett Brothers Threat Series, Hidden Threat, will be released January 2011.
