Friendly Fire

2024 Feathered Quill Book Award winner, Mystery/Suspense category

In the tradition of the best legal and politicalthrillers,Friendly Fire.

When Geoffrey Tate, one of the world's richestindividualsand the CEOof Yukon,the country'spreeminentartificial intelligence company, isshot and killed by his youngtrophywife,it's going to grab headlines. And seasonedNewshoundpath he didn't foresee.

The sensational trial that follows Tate's death threatens to derailBullwhip-themilitary's nextgeneration of AI-inspired war machines-and scramblethe fortunesofpolitical heavyweightsandPentagon brassalike. Hisjournalistic instincts aroused, Nik embarksonan uncertain hunt for the truththat takes him deep intothe murky worlds ofWashingtonlobbyists, themilitary-industrialcomplex,andthe Saudi intelligence apparatus.

Underminedby a vindictive boss andajealousrival reporter,Nik turns totrustedNewshoundr.