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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
“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.”
– Kirkus Reviews
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
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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
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