FAQs

Black Cell is based loosely on the very, very covert and totally denied-to-have-existed Red Cell from the SEAL teams. I wanted my teams to have different color coded cells for different covert operations/different targeted areas of the world. Black Cell is the ‘highest’ level, meaning most dangerous and incommunicado. Well, what do you expect? Hawk runs one of the teams!

No idea. I never say no, because I don’t know. They probably will make guest appearances but I really don’t want past characters from other books to take over a story, UNLESS there is good reason ;-). You do remember Hawk and Stash kind of look alike, don’t you? I have this suspicion…that one day…hmm…well, think of the possibilities!

Again, I based this on research. I used the SOG team model from the Vietnam War. SOG stands for Studies and Observations Group and was the most secret elite U.S. military unit. I wanted a covert team that was more up-to-date, so created a special team of nine commandos. Alex is #1. Jed is #9. The numbers are their roles, not their positions. #1 starts. #9 ends. They are the main guys in the COS Commando books but they do seem to have a penchant of appearing in the other books and chew up scenery and basically make waves.

I’m excited too! Nikki is very special to me. I was absolutely intrigued by her story and her Asian background plays a very important role in FACING FEAR. There are Chinese myths and cultural beliefs that will clue the reader in about the mystery surrounding Nikki. I hope you will find her interesting too.
In the Crossfire series, Vivi in Protector is half-Asian and so is Kit-Ling in Warrior.