North Korean troop movements, not tied to a known exercise. A missing NSA engineer on Temporary Duty as a special advisor to Commander, United States Forces Korea. Recent failures by the CIA, the effects of which are being felt throughout the entire U.S. Intelligence Community.

Enter the wildcard: the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency's Special Operations Groups. Purpose built, task organized elements of the best and brightest America has to offer. Hollywood loved the CIA, even occasionally giving the NSA some love. These unsung heroes, part of the DIA's own Human Intelligence (HUMINT) arm known as the Defense Clandestine Service, do what they do best – Committed to Excellence in Defense of the Nation – unknown to all but those who matter, each other.

Amidst the political turmoil that has plagued the United States for as long as political parties have placed their partisan political platforms above the national interest, these dedicated professionals, defenders of all that is good and right about what Alexander Hamilton called "The Great American Experiment", fight not for any color or creed, but all Americans. Past. Present. Future.

These are their stories.

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In her breakout work, author K.E. Bartlet, a professional hacker turned cyber warrior turned everyday whackadoo, brings you a political techno thriller unlike any other. Written from a perspective the genres have sorely missed, My Dumpling Your Dumpling, Book 1 in The Fall of the CRINK Alliance series, takes you throughout East and Southeast Asia on a constantly evolving 21st Century battlefield. Infused with just enough romance, tragedy, and food to be both like the world we live in and a great escape, fans of Tom Clancy, David Baldacci, Andrew Watts, and similar authors will love the seminal work from this emerging author.