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Terrence L. Williams is a Central Intelligence Agency Operations Officer with over thirty years of experience conducting and managing covert operations in Asia, Europe and Eastern Europe.

He is a recipient of the American Political Science Association's Congressional Fellowship as well as a Tufts University Latin American Teaching Fellowship. Mr. Williams trained with Special Forces early in his career and subsequently supported the military around the globe. Prior to his tenure at CIA, Williams served in the Peace Corps in Medellin, Colombia, taught at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala City, worked for Bell Helicopter training the Imperial Iranian Army-Air Force in Esfahan, Iran and served as an instructor at Bunka University in Tokyo, Japan.

His awards include the Nato Service Medal, CIA’s Career Intelligence Medal, CIA's Manager of the Year Award,The Bosnian Service Medal and medals from foreign governments.

The Ponte Vedra Beach-based writer holds degrees from Bridgewater State College, where he studied anthropology, philosophy and literature, the School for International Training, and Long Ridge Writer’s Group. He also attended the Foreign Service Institute's Chinese Language and Area Studies School and did course work in a non-degree graduate program at Johns Hopkins University, School for Advanced international studies.

His debut novel, Cooper's Revenge, won a Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Award in 2013. Unit 400 – The Assassins, the sequel to Cooper's Revenge, was released in January 2014 and is a 2014 winner of the Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Award for Adult Fiction: Suspense/Thriller.

Cooper's Revenge and Unit 400: The Assassins are available on Amazon and in fine Bookstores

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UNIT 400

BY T. L. Williams • POSTED ON Oct. 30, 2013

Ex–Navy SEAL Logan Alexander returns in the sequel to Williams’ 2012 novel Cooper’s Revenge.

Alexander is in a good place: He has a huge office at his own consulting firm with a beautiful view of downtown Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, and he’s made it through combat relatively unscathed. Things are calm until he leaves the office for what he thinks will be a routine lunch with his friend and colleague Hamid. Instead, Logan witnesses Hamid getting stabbed in the chest and left for dead. He tries to help Hamid hang on, to no avail, but his friend manages to whisper to him, “Be careful, Logan. Unit 400”—a code for the Qods Force, a dangerous Iranian assassination squad. Logan soon discovers that the weapon that killed Hamid is none other than his very own SEAL-issue knife—the same one he used to bring down Col. Barzin Ghabel in Iran. He tries to figure out how the knife could have made it all the way to Boston and what it could mean. One thing is clear, however: A deadly message has been sent. From that moment on, Logan is back in the cross hairs, zigzagging across the globe to bring down Unit 400 and stay alive in the process. As a sequel, the story doesn’t pay as much attention to character development as some readers might prefer, but those familiar with the original novel will be pleased to find the same Logan Alexander in charge. Classic elements of a modern espionage story abound: mystery, intrigue, danger, technology, and, importantly, a sense of immediacy, thanks to the global forces at play. Those with a taste for military fiction that tackles current events will find this story enticing. The author might have taken more time to explain the history of Middle Eastern conflicts, but that’s hardly in the job description for a quick spy yarn. As it is, readers definitely won’t feel shortchanged by this consistently exciting thriller.

A worthy follow-up espionage tale.

Pub Date: Oct. 30, 2013

ISBN: 978-0988440036

Page count: 298pp

Publisher: First Coast Publishers, LLC

Review Posted Online: Dec. 6, 2013

Awards, Press & Interests

Day job

Writer

Favorite author

David McCullough

Favorite book

John Adams

Favorite word

trogloydyte

Hometown

Columbus, Ohio

Passion in life

Nature Conservancy and Social Justice

Unexpected skill or talent

I know how to rebuild an oyster reef.

Cooper's Revenge: Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Award, 2013

UNIT 400: THE ASSASSINS: Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Award, 2014

Cooper's Revenge, 2013

Media Room, 2013

NBC 12 Interview - Cooper's Revenge, 2013

ADDITIONAL WORKS AVAILABLE

Cooper's Revenge

AWARD WINNING AUTHOR, T.L. WILLIAMS’ SUSPENSEFUL FIRST NOVEL PITS NAVY SEAL LOGAN ALEXANDER AGAINST IRAN’S SUPER SECRET QODS FORCE, WHICH IS TRAINING AND DEPLOYING TERRORISTS TO KILL AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN THE BADLANDS. Navy Seal, Logan Alexander, is trying to put his life back together following a career-ending injury in Afghanistan, when he learns that his younger brother, Cooper, has been killed in an ambush while on patrol with his Ranger unit in Iraq. As Alexander delves into the circumstances leading to Cooper’s death, he learns of the role that the secret arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Qods Force, plays in exporting terror. Alexander vows to avenge his brother’s death. With the financial backing of a Kuwaiti billionaire, and a group of like-minded Special Forces operatives, Alexander mounts a covert operation that takes his Special Forces team to the Sonora Desert, Europe, and the Middle East, where they comes face-to-face with the man responsible for Cooper’s death.
ISBN: 9780988440005

ZERO DAY: CHINA'S CYBER WARS

CIA veteran T. L. Williams unfolds a chilling--and highly conceivable--scenario in his latest novel, ZERO DAY: China's Cyber Wars. Moving between Chongqing, China and Langley, Virginia, this fast-paced spy thriller revolves around a plot by the Chinese government to seize the edge on global power by undermining the U.S. economy. Armed with an underground force of hackers, China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has a mission: to destroy confidence in the dollar by launching persistent, aggressive cyberattacks on America's banking system. Revenge--against the Communist Party for his father's shameful death, Li Jiang, a senior Public Security Bureau officer in Chongqing, lets America in on the covert details of China's masterful cyberattack plan. To vet and handle this potential asset, the CIA dispatches Logan Alexander, a former Navy SEAL, working undercover in Hong Kong, to China. Logan quickly comes to trust Li. But the brass back in Langley have doubts. Could Li be a double agent? Or could a trusted American be spying for the Chinese? Reviewed by the CIA, ZERO DAY is packed with authentic insider details.
Published: Feb. 1, 2017
ISBN: 9780988440067
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