Crossfire
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America's richest man, Maxwell Salinger, has been found dead with a bullet through his skull. Previously thought as the owner of one of the most profitable exportation corporations, it is revealed that this was a front for a billion dollar weapons supply organisation. As conventional authorities struggle to find the killer, it is left to the highly classified AIREDALE division. A team of young black-ops agents that handle the most environmentally extreme of operations.
Eighteen year-old Russell Caine has always been highly motivated and after scoring a full scholarship to a top-tier college, his adoptive parent's financial instability is no longer a burden as he looks forward to the summer. But when his family is decimated by assassins the day after Salinger's death, Russell's world is ripped apart and he is set on a path of vengeance
as he is recruited for the covert AIREDALE division.
A grief-stricken Russell will have to endure intense training and carry out missions in unforgiving and brutal conditions in order the uncover the truth of the billionaire's death, whilst harbouring a personal vendetta for his family's killers as he learns how the two are inextricably and shockingly linked.
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