An Arch Patton Adventure
Thunder Marine
An Arch Patton Adventure
Arch Patton, the slightly aging CIA operative, finds himself assigned to the Caribbean after being on a six months forced vacation.
Arch was sent home for ‘Post-Traumatic Stress’ counseling and a ‘sabbatical’ after a slight mishap in a Blackhawk Helicopter
The action takes place between the Florida Keys and the Caribbean Islands.
Big Boats, Booze, Drugs and the DEA
Arch Patton, Thunder Marine, Chapter One
The call came at six in the morning. Arch’s eyes snapped open and he pushed a button on the television remote, before tossing it aside in disgust. It took a few seconds for him …..
Arch Patton, Thunder Marine, Chapter Two
Arch rose at six a.m. on Monday morning. No phone call awakened him. The second day hangover, easing only slightly after the first brutal day, following his post-mission bender, had brought him unwillingly awake.
Arch Patton, Thunder Marine, Chapter Three
“So, what’s the point of this exercise, since it would appear we are not under attack by the hordes from hell?” David asked, as the Mercedes G-Wagon headed pell-mell along the surface of the winding asphalt road. He was cradling the lethal machine pistol…….
Arch Patton, Thunder Marine, Chapter Four
The six of them loaded onto the Marine Corps Osprey tilt-wing aircraft. This Marine form of military air, with the aircraft flying at about three hundred miles per hour and with one in-air refuel, would take longer than any commercial jet…..
Arch Patton, Thunder Marine, Chapter Five
“Doesn’t matter what you got,” the imitation Errol Flynn DEA agent said, standing behind the front desk. “Twenty thousand bucks down to take it for a spin. Otherwise, bring in a marine surveyor and check it out all you want for nuthin.”……
Arch Patton, Thunder Marine, Chapter Six
The cigarette boat wake-jumping incident could be ignored. Although how the DEA clowns knew where the team was staying was problematic.
Arch Patton, Thunder Marine, Chapter Seven
Arch Patton Adventure THUNDER MARINE Chapter Seven Arch got up from the table, where the team was gathered, and headed for the front door of the restaurant. The DEA crowd was still present and obnoxious because they felt their turf was being violated, and they weren’t...
Arch Patton, Thunder Marine, Chapter Eight
Arch Patton Adventures THUNDER MARINE Chapter Eight Arch sat in front of the coffee table on the couch, with David at his side and Ilke in an easy chair across from him. He glanced uneasily out the window to where Thunder was moored, barely visible and unmoving, at...
Arch Patton, Thunder Marine, Chapter Nine
4:00 a.m. slammed down like a guillotine blade; bringing Arch’s eyes open to full wideness with a jerk, his head swinging up off his pillow to stare at the now open bedroom door. The door swung back toward the frame. It had been the sound of the old solid wood slab hitting drywall