Panama

THE INVASION HAS BEGUN.
THE TARGET IS ALREADY MOVING.

PANAMA, 1989. Operation Just Cause is underway. Across Panama, American forces strike airfields, military installations, and command centers in a massive effort to remove General Manuel Noriega from power. Rangers descend on Rio Hato.

Marines, SEALs, and airborne forces push across the country.

And somewhere within the chaos, Noriega disappears.

Staff Sergeant Jay Quin and the Marines of Alpha Team are operating ahead of the fight, watching the battlefield from places no one else can see. Their mission begins with reconnaissance, but when Quin discovers evidence that Noriega has used the American assault as cover to escape with sensitive documents, everything changes.

Working alongside CIA operative Randal Cunningham, the hunt moves from jungle to city as Panama City becomes a battlefield of its own. Alpha Team follows a trail of convoys, hidden financial networks, compromised intelligence and men determined to erase the evidence before anyone can expose it.

Shielded by innocent citizens and civic infrastructure, every street can hide an ambush. Every piece of intelligence has a shelf life. And every decision carries consequences for men on both sides, far beyond pulling the trigger.

For Quin, the mission becomes personal in ways he never expected. Haunted by the brothers he has already lost and confronted with a future waiting for him back home, he must lead Alpha through a war where finding the enemy may be easier than understanding the truth.

Because taking a country is one thing; catching the man who knows where the bodies are buried is something else entirely.

Black Diamonds: Panama is a story of covert reconnaissance, brotherhood, intelligence warfare, and the relentless pursuit of a dictator who understands that sometimes the most powerful weapon isn't a gun.

Based on actual events that took place during the author's time of service in the USMC. Names have been changed and content is dramatized for the reader's enjoyment.