On Feb. 15th, the first seven eBook prequel short stories will be free to download from Amazon. Also, the picture for this post is the Onyx Tactical series image. It includes team members. From left to right: Brody (Boomer) is the big guy and demolitions expert. Jason (Shade), the infiltrator. Jack (Shepherd) is the leader…

The Villain is the 7th prequel short story in the Onyx Tactical Files. Right now, I’m heavy into editing the romantic suspense novel, Shepherd’s Watch. Editing is not my favorite part of writing; I like the creation part the best. I should be done in a little over a week, then I’ll upload it to…

I used Amazon’s audiobook virtual voice for this short story. I’d love to use a ‘human’ narrator, but humans are expensive. Amazon’s virtual voice is free. Anyway, this is the first time I used it. I had to correct some mispronunciations, but it went rather smoothly and sounds okay. It took me awhile, and this…

I plan on doing 12 of these prequel short stories; this is the 6th. I’ve finished the novel, Shepherd’s Watch, and am working through the edits. Here’s a bit about The Training: Before they were heroes, they were a disaster. Six months before Jack Wolfe met Dr. Amy Hendren, he had a different problem: keeping…

I finished the fifth prequel short story in the Onyx Tactical Files series. Here’s a bit about it: She followed the rules. They signed her death warrant. Reyna Cruz doesn’t just watch the crowd; she reads the silence. As a Diplomatic Security Service agent, her survival depends on noticing the things everyone else misses. On…

This short story shows the moment the trap was set for Shepherd and his team, in this prequel to Shepherd’s Watch. Trust is the deadliest weapon of all. Five years before the events of Shepherd’s Watch, Jack “Shepherd” Wolfe wasn’t a ghost living in the shadows. He was a Captain with a vision: to get…

The Hack is the third prequel short story to my upcoming romantic suspense novel, Shepherd’s Watch. Here’s a bit about it: Zeroes and ones never bleed. People do. Milo “Hex” Monroe hates the analog world. It’s messy, cold, and unpredictable. He prefers the clean logic of code, where every problem has a solution and every…

Here’s the second prequel short story, ‘The Ghost’, to my upcoming novel, ‘Shepherd’s Watch.’ A tuxedo, a lie, and a lethal game of chance. Two years before the events of Shepherd’s Watch, Jason “Shade” Adler is on a solo mission in Prague. His target is a digital ledger held by a ruthless Russian arms dealer.…

The Sniper is a short story prequel to the novel, Shepherd’s Watch. I plan to write one every week—we’ll see how it goes. Here’s a bit about it: “Brody “Boomer” McCoy loves loud. He loves the thrum of a grenade launcher, the roar of a breaching charge, and the chaotic symphony of a firefight. Loud…