Sciath: Book One: Vodka & Vengeance

By Jack Kennedy

Michael "Mickey" Patrick, the son of a New York City Police Officer and an Irish immigrant mother is now one of the most powerful men in the Washington, D.C. area, by accident. He was an enlisted Marine Scout Sniper who tripped into defense contracting. Unfamiliar with the ruthless nature of the Beltway, Mickey recruited the assistance of his fellow Scout Snipers: Joseph "Bear" Martin, Caleb "Hollywood" Jackson, and David "Davey" Jones. Together, they form the core of his new company that he calls, "Sciath." The word means "shield" in Irish. It is a testament to his father's police service, his mother's Irish roots, and the missions they perform - which is to protect logistics convoys through the most dangerous areas of the world. Sciath is the preferred "FedEx" of really bad places for the special operations community, intelligence operatives, and the US Government.Almost overnight, Sciath becomes enormously successful. But neither Mickey nor his boys were ready to manage their success. The four men are great operators, but well out of their depth running a professional company. With the assistance of his loving new wife, Ella Leigh Patrick, and his manipulative mother-in-law, Margaret McIntyre, Mickey enlists a COO to help him run his company, a former CIA Station Chief named Bill Ellis. Ellis sees the greater potential of Sciath, but he knows Mickey will have to get out of the company to make it the powerhouse he believes he can make it.Scheming to get Mickey Patrick out of the way so that he can take over, Ellis and his lethal prot?g?, James Toulon, set a trap that should convince Mickey it is time to step aside and turn the company over to Bill. But things go horribly wrong when members of Russian Organized Crime get involved. Bill inadvertently - or intentionally - sets off a war between men trained to kill for country and men who kill for profit.Who will win this war between soldiers and hitmen... violent criminals and Marines? That is anyone's guess. All tools are on the table, whether it be a gun, a knife, or sex. The entire world is the battlefield, from casinos in Kyrgyzstan to the Great Dismal Swamp to the streets of New York City. No one is immune from being a target. In the end, the only ones you can rely upon are your family members and the brotherhoods that have been forged in war... maybe. The Sciath Series is written by an insider. It covers the dark underworld of private security contracting, where shady deals are made with wicked men in an effort to achieve often impossible objectives set by the US Government. It covers the world that Government agencies do not want the American public to know exists and politicians pretend do not exist. Sciath covers the personal lives of the men and women who work in the shadows. This series covers the true dangers to those operating outside of the scope of diplomatic protection to get things done that most will never know happened.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1097328015
• ISBN13: 9781097328017
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"