In this adrenaline-fueled short story from New York Timesbestselling author Brad Taylor, Pike Logan and his fellow Taskforce operatorsface a team of ruthless modern-day pirates with a devious plan that leaves themfighting for their very survival. On leave after a particularly critical and dangerous missionwith the Taskforce—a top secret counterterrorist unit that operates outside thebounds of US law—operators Knuckles and Brett have joined Pike Logan andJennifer Cahill in Charleston, South Carolina. Their goal is to learn moreabout Grolier Recovery Services, the archaeological research agency that theTaskforce team uses as sophisticated cover for their work. But when Knuckles accepts a job to find missing treasurefrom the notorious pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, the wholeteam is put to the test, because their new employers have a very differentagenda, one that leaves members of the Taskforce at the mercy of real piratesdetermined to get their hands on a shipment of precious contraband at any cost.
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