The Kill Zone

In The Shadow Directive, war doesn't end when the bullets stop.

Alfredo "SideShield" de la Rosa is no longer just a soldier. After uncovering Saddam's hidden empire, he is pulled deeper into a world that doesn't officially exist - black ops, off-book targets, and execution-level directives passed down from the highest corners of U.S. intelligence.

At the center of it all is Jennifer Delacroix. She was once a war reporter. Now she's something else. A CIA Blade - a ghost-level operative with orders that don't go to court.

As they navigate covert missions across the Middle East, Europe, and beyond, Jennifer and SideShield are hunted by enemies foreign and domestic. In the ruins of bombed cities, inside secret bunkers, and in meetings held on the edge of morality, they chase down a network of bioweapons, stolen nuclear codes, and traitors hiding in plain sight.

But the deadliest threat may not be out there. It may be the truth they uncover - and the feelings they can't ignore.

From aerial drone battles over the China Sea to intimate betrayal in hotel rooms lit by silence and moonlight, The Shadow Directive takes readers into a world where love is dangerous, and loyalty has a kill switch.

This is more than a war.

This is the war after the war.

A story of deep-state missions, hidden files, and two souls bound together by something no directive can stop.