The Cabo Contract — Chris Broyhill

Colin Pearce has just fought the battle of his life, and now only four short weeks later, his body is struggling to recover from the physical trauma of multiple gunshot wounds. And it's not just his body that's trying to rebuild-his heart is also trying to heal from the emotional ordeal of watching the woman he cared for die in his arms. His CIA-assigned doctor has ordered him to stay off his feet-and for once, Pearce intends to do what he's been told. But then the damn phone rings. And like the last time...his life dramatically changes. The caller is Sarah Morton, the chief pilot of a flight department and the only other woman Pearce has had any sort of connection with in his life of self-inflicted solitude. She says she needs a contract pilot for the company's G-IV-and Pearce can hear the panic and desperation in her voice. He knows there's more to the story...and he also knows he shouldn't get involved. Within hours, he's on a plane to California and is soon introduced to Sarah's new boss: a tall, dark-complexioned man by the name of Adam Archmere-and Pearce knows a Saudi when he sees one. When Sarah tells him that Adam has commandeered the G-IV to make repeated trips to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico so that Adam can meet with men she describes as Mexican gangsters, Pearce makes a call to his friends at the CIA. The CIA has long been wary of a possible alliance between the Mexican underworld and Arab terrorists-and now, it seems, that day has come to pass. Before long, Pearce and his CIA compatriots are engaged in a race against time as they try to piece together a puzzle which involves the terrorist alliance, the G-IV, an ocean-going yacht, and a platoon-sized unit of men with heavy weapons. It becomes apparent that a devastating strike is planned on Thanksgiving Day and that the President and Vice President may be the targets. Pearce springs into action taking matters into his own hands to resolve the situation with a plan that only he alone can execute.