Ulterior Motive ~ Mark Andrew Olsen

“If you like fast-paced, action-oriented, CIA thrillers, this is the perfect book for you. This book is Vince Flynn splashed with the love of our merciful savior, Jesus Christ. I was impressed with the author was able to think outside the box and keep you turning pages quickly until the surprise ending. In the current environment we are living, this book could come true tomorrow.”

 ~ Dan O.  (This is Dan’s first review for me. I knew he likes this type of novel and recruited him. Thanks, Dan!)

About the Author ~

MARK ANDREW OLSEN whose novel The Assignment was a Christy Award finalist, also collaborated on bestsellers Hadassah (now the major motion picture: One Night With the King), The Hadassah Covenant, and Rescued. Two of his last books were the supernatural thriller The Watchers, and The Warriors.

The son of missionaries to France, Mark is a Professional Writing graduate of Baylor University. He and his wife, Connie, live in Colorado Springs with their three children.

About the Book ~

When an al-Qaeda email is intercepted, threatening an attack on America, it leads to the capture of the group’s leader. Yet even under fierce interrogation, the terrorist clings to his jihadist beliefs and refuses to divulge any information. Desperate, the Army resorts to extreme measures–a controversial protocol designed to break a subject’s resistance. But the attempt must be masked as an offer of clemency and rely on an outside party, someone who is unaware of the protocol’s aims.

They find that someone in Greg Cahill, a disgraced soldier who now serves in a prison ministry. Lured by the chance to restore his reputation, Greg befriends a man the entire country despises. And the result proves combustible, the two men having to flee for their lives. With both in need of redemption, they set out to prevent a major catastrophe…

If you would like to read the first chapter of Ulterior Motive, go HERE