Wraith by James R. Hannibal

Originally James R. Hannibal’s stand-alone debut, Wraith has been completely rewritten as a prequel to the Nick Baron covert ops series from Berkley Books, releasing on 4 November 2014.

After the towers fall on 9/11, Lieutenant Nick Baron and the rest of the 81st Fighter Squadron are desperate for action. But CENTCOM puts them on the sidelines, leaving the young Warthog pilots restless—and reckless. Then the unthinkable happens. During a high-risk training flight, Nick’s rookie wingman slams into the ground.

In the darkness that follows, Nick wonders if he will ever learn to trust a wingman again—or even learn to trust himself. He will soon find out. Despite the black mark on his record, Nick’s application to the elite Stealth Wing is approved. A recruiter for a new covert team has taken note of Nick’s unique combination of skills. Suddenly Nick is swept into Operation Cerberus—a top secret mission that will take him from a harrowing flight over a black testing facility to a fight for his life on the Iraqi Dunes.

“Hannibal demonstrates that high-tech weapons are only tools, and that it’s the people doing the fighting who win the day.”
– Publishers Weekly

WRAITH is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and iTunes.

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“Hannibal brings together a terrific mix of real air technology with intrigue and nonstop action.”
– Clive Cussler

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James R. Hannibal (Lt Col, USAF Reserve), author of Shadow Maker and Shadow Catcher, is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy who has flown the A-10 Warthog, the MQ-1 Predator drone, and the top secret B-2 Stealth Bomber, totaling over a thousand combat and combat support hours. He regularly reviews terrorism-related nonfiction for the New York Journal of Books.