Table for Four

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**David McGovern, a desk‑bound CIA analyst, stumbles onto a classified file that should never have existed—one exposing fabricated identities, erased operatives, and a covert operation spiraling far beyond U.S. control.** When the discovery triggers a chain reaction of intelligence failures, David is pulled from the safety of Langley and thrust into a field assignment he was never trained for. Posing as a criminal financier alongside his partner Maria, David infiltrates a Colombian guerrilla regime that has quietly overthrown its own government and repurposed U.S.‑supplied technology into a hidden empire of weapons, surveillance, and global manipulation. But the deeper they go, the more they realize the cartel’s ambitions extend far beyond drugs or power—they want nuclear weapons, and they have the infrastructure to use them. When their cover begins to unravel, David and Maria are hunted through Bogotá and forced into a deadly race to stop dictator Santiago from deploying two stolen nuclear bombs. Betrayed by their own agencies, cut off from extraction, and surrounded by enemies who never blink, the mission becomes a brutal fight for survival. In a final desperate gambit, David boards an escaping helicopter carrying the last bomb, confronting Santiago in mid‑air as the countdown ticks toward catastrophe. He prevents the detonation—but the fallout costs him his career, his identity, and the life he thought he was building. **Terminal Velocity: Afterburn** is a relentless, high‑stakes thriller about deception, sacrifice, and the thin line between duty and survival—proving that the most dangerous enemy isn’t the one you chase, but the one you never saw coming.