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Blood Orange
Paperback
Series: Brad Rafferty, Book 1
ISBN13: 9781518765360
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Oct 24 2015
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When a devastating explosion and chemical dispersal attack rocks a major college basketball event in Syracuse, Naval officer Brad Rafferty and his team are called in to assist federal authorities in uncovering the source of the catastrophe. As evidence is gathered, analysts Alex Figueroa and Benjamin Franklin Edwards begin piecing together sophisticated dispersal technology that suggests the attack was anything but random. The investigation quickly reveals that the incident may be linked to a long-buried historical tragedy: the 1918 explosion at the Split Rock Munitions Plant, a disaster that was officially ruled an accident but may have concealed far darker secrets.
Homeland Security analyst Maria Colluccio investigates the background of Cole, a powerful local developer whose name is linked to the redevelopment of the Split Rock site. What initially appears to be a model success story unravels when Maria discovers gaps in Cole's personal history and evidence linking him to classified military research notes dating back nearly a century. These documents, created by a forgotten military scientist, outline experimental dispersal methods that mirror the technology used in the modern attack, suggesting that Cole has resurrected a long-dormant weapon.
As Rafferty's team races against time, they uncover Cole's true motive: revenge rooted in the murder of his family during a covert U.S. military operation decades earlier. Using America's own buried history as his weapon, Cole orchestrates a sophisticated act of domestic terrorism designed to expose government cover-ups and force accountability at any cost. Blood Orange unfolds as a high-stakes techno-thriller, blending military intelligence, historical mystery, and modern terrorism into a chilling story about how the past can be weaponized against the present.
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