Pashtun

In a modern day version of the Phoenix Program, a soldier is recruited by the CIA to assassinate suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorists in the thin air of Afghanistan. The real targets become blurred and the hero of this work discovers it's oil, opium and greed that drive many of the missions he is sent to carry out, risking his own and his buddies lives. The hero, having been given the name Frank Morgan because he more resembles this legendary Vietnam assassin then any other recruit, has nearly supernatural abilities as a sniper and tracker. His new found knowledge and skill takes him and two comrades to Germany and throughout Afghanistan, after becoming closely acquainted with the opium busines on the frontier. One of his sidekicks is an indestructible lyrical Irishman with a cutting sense of humor and a glass of whiskey never far from his hand and a chance to break out into an Emerald Isles shanty in every breath. The second mate is a giant who quotes poetry and rap songs while he both gives torture and lives through his own agonizing trials. On the way, they rescue a veiled woman and barely escape the vengeance of the bosses at the CIA. Pashtun is filled with challenges of military special operations in a rock filled landscape and told with a compassion for those asked to fight the battles.