Eagle — J.M. Erickson

Defense ForeignIntelligence Agency is finally disassembled and agents scattered,Alexander J. Burns waits for the inevitable battle that will be wagedby his former boss now nemesis, Eric I. Daniels. Once colleagues andpartners against the forces of foreign governments, enemy states andterrorists, they now fight for different causes, Burns wants peacewhile Daniels wants revenge. Eagle is the continuation of Albatrossand Raven of the Birds of Flight series, a character driven, fastpace psychological thriller. Working and living in plain view, Burnshas found a place to live, work and therapy to rid himself of pasttraumas and grief of losing his love, Samantha. But not all is as itappears as Burns deliberately makes himself visible while the FBIwatch and wait for Daniels' team to strike. While there does seem tobe movement in the case, other parts of Daniels' chess game isplaying itself out elsewhere. With former agents from his belovedintelligence agency in place and connections with organized crime nowengaged, Daniels launches a vicious attack on Burns' weakest link,his family. In Spain, while returning home from teaching, DavidCaulfield and Emma are caught in an ambush, surrounded by hired handsfrom a local crime cartel led by former FIA Agent Jeff Glenn. Whileleaving the FBI parking lot, Emma's half-sister in brazenly abductedby a rival syndicate family intent on controlling all of Boston'sorganized crime. In New Hampshire, former FIA Agent Alica Wise,"Intimate Cover Specialist", is tracking Burns with her ownplans, terminate him. This is the first part of a two part story tobe concluded in the fourth installment Falcon, in the Birds of Flightseries.