Five Star First Edition Mystery - The Traynor Legacy
by David Stinson
Category: Fiction

"In the fall of 1970, Hackler Staley, a 27-year-old former United States Army Special Forces officer, is recruited by Jonahtan Traynor, Staley's former brigade commander in Vietnam, to conduct clandestine operations on behalf of the CIA. Staley's first mission requires him to assume the identity of a Frnch mercenary and return to south Vietnam, assisting the South Vietnamese in organizing a specialized rescue unit called the Hoc Bao, or Black Panther Company. Their primary mission is to resuce and recover american aircrews shot down in Laos while flying in support of the Army of the Republic of Veitnam incursion. When the Laos mission is finished, Staley returns to the United States and continues working uncover for Traynor. Twenty-eight years later Traynor, on the verge of retirement, tries to expose Robert McGowan, the leading contender for President of the United States and is murdered. Staley embarks on one final mission -- to avenge the murder of Traynor and make sure that McGowan is finished in Washington once and for all."