PRAISE FOR MAJOR JAKE FORTINA AND THE TIER ONE THREAT
Lauren Anderson, Former FBI Executive and Global Women's Advocate
“What an exhilarating read! Imagine something worse than Covid-19. A weaponized version where only one country may have a vaccine that works. This is terrorism. Author Rick Steinke's U.S. Army Major Jake Fontina, based in Paris, teams with experts from the FBI and their French and Italian counterparts to disrupt this plan to kill millions. Steinke nails this global thriller with accuracy and plausibility.”
John J. Le Beau, CIA Senior Operations Officer (ret.), author of Collision of Centuries
“Steinke's addictive thriller raises the adrenalin level with each terse, dramatic, and gripping chapter. His protagonist Jake Fortina faces a mountain of challenges, some professional and deadly, others deeply personal. Foreign embassies, relentless terrorists and in-your-face realism combine to make this novel by a military and international security practitioner one book you won't be able to put down.”
Colonel (Ret) John E. Chere Jr., Former Defense Attaché and Senior Defense Official to Algeria, Israel, Morocco, and Tunisia
“Colonel (Ret) Rick Steinke tells a riveting story only he can accurately portray! As a distinguished Army officer, Foreign Area Officer, Defense Attaché and respected scholar, Rick draws upon his own personal and professional background to weave a thrilling account of Jake Fortina that could easily be mistaken for a non-fictional narrative.”
Lieutenant Colonel Olivier Lardans (French Army, Ret), former aide-de-camp to the Chief of Staff, French Army
“Jake Fortina could just as well be called “Rick Fortina” or “An American in Paris” as Rick Steinke is so accurate with portraying the French way of life! I am delighted to testify what a suspenseful and thrilling ride this. Read it and re-read it. Vous allez prendre du bon temps!”
PRAISE FOR CHANGE OF MISSION
Michael Frost Beckner, author of the Spy Game (movie, 2001) novels; Hollywood screenwriter and executive producer
“More hair-raising twists and turns than a Calabrian road, Change of Mission is the best Jake Fortina novel yet.”
Command Sergeant Major (USA Army, Ret) Daniel Pinion, multiple deployment Iraq war veteran and award-winning author
“Like its Jake Fortina predecessors, Major Jake Fortina and the Tier One Threat and Jake Fortina and the Roman Conspiracy, this high-speed novel immediately immerses readers in gripping drama, action, and adventure."
Major General (Italian Carabinieri, Ret) Sebastiano Comitini, former Commander, Carabinieri Special Intervention Group
“Everything personal and professional about Jake Fortina's history converges - like a cluster bomb - in a crescendo in the story's climactic finish."
Film Fan, Amazon Reviewer
“The author continues his outstanding integration of historical and cultural knowledge within a thrilling action thriller. I was constantly learning something as I raced through the taut narrative.”
