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Set in the post 9/11 world, Australia is still a country of relative innocence with our terror threat at medium to low. All that is about to change.
With the Bali bombings, boats on the horizon, and the threat of global terrorism on the increase, the Prime Minister instructs our overseas intelligence agency ASIS (Australian Secret intelligence Service) to activate an independent covert team, designated Section Zulu, to move around our closest Asian neighbours and alert Canberra to any terrorist plans, never realising the enemy could already be inside the fence. When that overseas team Section Zulu, uncovers intelligence of threats to Australia the Prime Minister decides the last line of defence will be a small locally-based covert team that will secretly terminate that threat. Headed by ex-SASR officer Tony McAvin, and together with electronic surveillance experts, the crack team track down homegrown terrorists.
But can the team overcome living and working in a shadowy world of death and deception and still become the force the country so desperately needs.
One that will not have to answer to anyone but the Prime minister.
One that will be totally deniable. And one that will take the fall if and when it all goes wrong.
That team is called Section Alpha.
With the Bali bombings, boats on the horizon, and the threat of global terrorism on the increase, the Prime Minister instructs our overseas intelligence agency ASIS (Australian Secret intelligence Service) to activate an independent covert team, designated Section Zulu, to move around our closest Asian neighbours and alert Canberra to any terrorist plans, never realising the enemy could already be inside the fence. When that overseas team Section Zulu, uncovers intelligence of threats to Australia the Prime Minister decides the last line of defence will be a small locally-based covert team that will secretly terminate that threat. Headed by ex-SASR officer Tony McAvin, and together with electronic surveillance experts, the crack team track down homegrown terrorists.
But can the team overcome living and working in a shadowy world of death and deception and still become the force the country so desperately needs.
One that will not have to answer to anyone but the Prime minister.
One that will be totally deniable. And one that will take the fall if and when it all goes wrong.
That team is called Section Alpha.
416 pages, ebook
First published August 3, 2012
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About the author
Alan Kiernan
2 books2 followersAlan Kiernan lives in Melbourne's outer east with his wife and three small children. After 32 years in the aviation industry as a Qantas Onboard Customer Service Manager, and being interested in aviation security he recently left to pursue a career as a writer. He is currently writing the sequels to his first book Section Alpha. He can be followed on Facebook at Section Alpha (book) or visit his website www.sectionalpha.com. To read reviews of Section Alpha visit www.palmerhiggsbooks.com.au/index.php...
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January 24, 2023
Nearly good but detracting is the American style of gung-ho exaggerated macho shoot them up heroics. The characterisation is a bit shallow and sometimes puerile/clichéd. As a first novel, good.
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