02246cam a2200373 i 4500 763384490 TxGeo 20230406120000.0 220511s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781639102402 hbk. 163910240X hbk. (OCoLC)1315739222 TxGeo rda Sennett, Frank, author. Shadow state : a novel / Frank Sennett. First edition. New York, NY : Crooked Lane Books, 2023. 282 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Ex-Army Ranger sniper Rafe Hendrix leads the Secret Service detail of President Wyetta Johnson. Rafe and Wyetta became close when they served together in Afghanistan and he saved her life during a recon misadventure that cost her a leg. The President's wife visits a D.C. private-school classroom, and Hendrix is on sniper duty when a suicide bomber heads toward the First Lady. Hendrix disobeys a direct order, and an unthinkable disaster unfolds. Though Hendrix may have saved the First Lady, he's blamed for the carnage. And the violence hits harder than he ever could have imagined. Rafe is cast adrift after the incident, and he leaves D.C. for Fort Stockton, Texas. His prospects brighten when he meets veterinarian Melody Sanchez and their romance begins to bloom. But there's still unfinished business waiting in the wings. Someone from the past is bent on revenge--and he has Rafe firmly in his sights. His plan is as twisted as they come--grisly recreations of some of the most terrible events from the past. And now it's up to Rafe to learn from history--or be doomed to repeat it"--Amazon.com. 20230419. United States Secret Service Fiction. Snipers Fiction. Presidents' spouses Fiction. Suicide bombers Fiction. Veterinarians Fiction. Revenge Fiction. Washington (D.C) Fiction. Fort Stockton (Tex) Fiction. Political fiction. QS5