Not to be outdone by his siblings, Grady O’Shea also has an urgent goal: disarm bombs before they explode. Here’s an excerpt from book #4 of my Halo Legacy Series, CHASING THE LEGACY.
Grady O’Shea sat on a stool in The Bunker. Not a bar as his fellow bomb squad members allowed outsiders to think, but a huge basement that housed IEDs–improvised explosive devices–the squad had recovered from call-outs.
The “bar” was an L-shaped workbench where squad members could take apart these homemade bombs to find out what made them tick, what made them go boom and, sometimes, what made them malfunction.
The malfunctions were what interested Grady most. What would disrupt these deadly devices so he could use that knowledge to save lives and prevent destruction of property?
At times–like now–everyone else had gone home or was on a call. Leaving Grady alone to tinker. These were the times he loved best. Just him and the product of a destructive maniac’s imagination. He might not be Superman facing the actual terrorist, but he was still defeating evil by rendering its tool of fear inoperable.
Time didn’t exist unless his belly protested his last meal had been some hours ago, or unless the cell phone on his belt vibrated with the sound of an explosion–the signal he was needed on callout.
The same signal his phone was now emitting with great urgency.
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Oh, I like the excerpt, Grady sounds like an interesting charcter.
Grady is contradictory in that he has an incredibly dangerous job, yet is a quiet, almost shy person. Definitely interesting!
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Interesting looking series, do you have a favorite book or here? Would you recommend one of them particularly?
Choosing a favorite book would be like choosing between my kids–each has special and unique traits and I love them dearly.
As far as recommending a particular book of the series, if you haven’t read any of them I’d start with the first one, PICTURE PERFECT LEGACY. The books are written to be stand-alones, so if a different one catches your attention, go with that. I do brief explanations of what has happened previously and who is related to who. However, if you read the book where Beth has her baby, then go back to an earlier book where she wasn’t even involved with someone, it might a bit to catch up.
Unless you’re like me and always seem to read series books out of order and catch up as I go. LOL!
People who work with explosive devices are amazing. I would never have the nerve to do that!
Me either, Catherine. Much safer just to write about it!
Certainly a very scary job that one needs nerves of steel.
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Definitely not a job for just anyone!
Wow, this is intense! And that is just an excerpt??
I agree w/ capefearlibn, people who do this sort of thing for a living are amazing, but a little crazy too!
You did a great job showing this as well!
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“…a little crazy too!” LOL! I think you’re right. When I went through a local Citizen Police Academy, one of the bomb squad members said he was always tinkering with an explosive device of some sort at home. Don’t remember how many times he’d repaired his garage. He had kind of an off-center sense of humor too!