Introduction
Throughout the 5E novels, Danny was always the quiet one. And I was curious as to why.
Carmen, on the other hand, was one of my most vociferous, wise-cracking, take-no-hostages characters. She and Trisha O’Malley… Someday I should write a story where the two of them meet and compare notes. Hmmm…
This story oddly enough came about by accident.
I was writing the third book in my Delta Force series, Wild Justice, when Carmen and Danny’s Chinook was tasked with delivering my Delta team onto a cruise ship for a takedown practice mission. Carmen was doing her normal acting-out thing…but something went sideways and I wasn’t quite sure what it was.
I’ve learned to listen to those odd quirks that the characters come up with.
First, Carmen was being even more chaotic than usual. A
