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As a decorated undercover DEA special agent, Garrett Kohl has travelled the world--and fought in most of it--but it's the High Plains of northwest Texas he calls home and dreams of returning to one day. Kohl is in the middle of an assignment in Afghanistan when his commander orders him back to Texas on a short mission expected to take a week at most. But Kohl is unsettled to discover that he's moved from one kind of war to another. The once-peaceful ranching community he loves is under attack by a band of criminals who have infiltrated law enforcement, corrupted local businesses, and are now terrorizing Kohl's own family. Hoping to prevent bloodshed, Kohl tries to resolve matters peacefully. But when the group strikes first, he has no choice but to go on the attack. Unfortunately for the criminal crew, besides being an elite undercover officer for the DEA, Garrett Kohl is a battle-hardened Green Beret who spent the better part of his career hunting terrorists. Although outnumbered and outgunned, Kohl knows the wild and forsaken Llano Estacado region of Texas better than anyone. And like so many trespassers before them, these murderers will find out the hard way that the only thing tougher than this land is the people who call it home.… (more)
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The story starts while Kohl is on assignment in Afghanistan, and his actions there result in him bringing a young Afghan boy back to Garrett’s childhood home in Texas to keep him safe. Safe may have been the plan, but the ranching community there is anything but safe. Drugs, cartels, criminals, corruption throughout the ranks of local officials and other ranchers.
Down Range is non-stop, nail-biting, heart-stopping action, start to finish. But it’s not just a violent shoot-‘em-up. Characters have depth and are very well drawn. The credible plot moves quickly but smoothly, with twists and turns that keep you guessing (and afraid) who will survive.
Thanks to Thrillerfest and William Morrow and Custom House for providing an advance copy of Down Range via NetGalley. It is an excellent, exciting beginning to a series I can’t wait to continue reading. All opinions are my own.
Home is Texas where his dysfunctional family is trying to survive the economic downturn of weak oil prices, danger of being caught in the web of a Mexican drug cartel and trying to stay away from local bad actors. Kolh's relationship with his father is strained but the Afghani boy, Asadi's, love of horses wins the old man over. Kohl's brother Bridger and former high school classmate, Lacey add family conflict and love interest to the plot.
This area of the Texas Panhandle is under siege by a Mexican cartel and a local powerful oil man and Kohl, a former Green Beret and current DEA agent, is going to upset their plans. The pages fly by with lots of tension followed by lots of action. Asadi plays some important moments in the plot but maybe could have had more time with Kohn in his adventures.
Undercover DEA agent/green Beret and various other skills, returns home to Texas from Afghanistan with an orphan and winds up in the crosshairs of a dirty oil company, a lunatic oil executive and an up and coming drug cartel. Needless to say there is
action.