by Gordon Kent
Soleck was watching, eyes shining. “It’s getting good—now it’s getting really good—but—” His face clouded. “But why is it memorable?”
Alan grinned. He had to shout over the music. “For one thing, Mister Soleck, Mike Dukas is enjoying himself! As for the other—” He couldn’t shout it. “I’ll tell you over dinner. Shall we dance?”
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FORCE PROTECTION
A Delacorte Book / September 2004
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New York, New York
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 2004 by Gordon Kent
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kent, Gordon.
Force protection / Gordon Kent.
p. cm.
eISBN 0-440-24230-4
1. United States. Navy—officers—Fiction. 2. Craik, Alan (fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Intelligence officers—Fiction. 4. Military intelligence—Fiction. 5. Terrorism—Fiction. 6. Warships—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3561.E5185 F67 2004 2004045531
813/.54 22
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