Gold Fire (The Gold Lust Series, #3)

This is a full-length counterterrorism thriller and is book-3 in Ed's award-winning Gold Lust Series. 357 pages. "...If you want to get any closer to the battle lines on the War on Terrorism - enlist!" - Colonel S.F. Baker, U.S. Army Commander Task Force 5-16, Operation Desert Storm SYNOPSIS: With the secret help of China, terrorists have stolen nuclear warheads from Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces. Is their peace offer to end global terrorism sincere or will the terrorists vaporize millions before America, Russia, and Israel can stop an attack? When the Russian and U.S. military fail to locate the missing warheads, Iraq war hero and newly elected Senator Nolan Martin applies his countterrorism experience to help the FBI find the deadly weapons - by any and all means necessary. In the midst of all the chaos, Nolen is branded a traitor for negotiating with the terrorists. But Nolen and his wife Maida are fighting a second battle at home. Time is running out for their baby girl as they struggle to get answers to the unknown syndrome affecting their child. Gold Fire is as chilling as recent headlines about the U.S.-- North Korean ballistic missile standoff.

National award winning author Ed Mitchell, was a foster child who later graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He went on to be an Airborne Infantry Ranger, a RAND Corporation Fellow, an aerospace systems engineer, and a community activist fighting to protect water resources in California. Along the way Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell became a national award-winning author by weaving his real-world experiences from foxhole to space into his Gold Lust series of contemporary adventure/thrillers. He served in Airborne, Air Cavalry, Armor, and Mechanized Infantry units, including guarding the DMZ in Korea and protecting nuclear weapons. Prior to the 1st war in Iraq, as the Space-Ground Combat Analyst for U.S. Joint Space Command, Ed fought that war in a simulator and analyzed the results for the command. Additionally, he spent years working National Missile Defense and Homeland Security research and development. Ed helped develop the prototype command launch center for the Army's Strategic Missile Defense units now in Alaska and California. Later, as a civilian Payload Integration Manager, he helped develop and test NMD kill vehicles for Lockheed Martin and Boeing. As a writer, he is proud of being a charter-founding member of the International Thriller Writers Organization. For more details and photos on Ed's webpage, click here