Wow!  Thank you!  I'd been wondering who was reading.  I am very glad you enjoyed it.  You are right about a lot of research going into this story, both on the history of Serbia and the various aspects of weaponry/gadgets/etc.  I also think Katya could support her own book, and it would be a lot of fun to write her.I really appreciate you reading and giving me feedback.  This was my first novel, so it holds a special place in my heart.  I can still "hear" Gage muttering in my head sometimes.  Maybe someday I'll revise it heavily enough to submit it for publishing.  Right now, it's like a good pet rather than a show dog.  LOL

Thank you!  I am really glad you liked it. :)

Thank you!  I am really glad you liked it. :)

She said she would leave, and she knows better than to lie to him.  But he's not one to let people go if he has a use for them.

She said she would leave, and she knows better than to lie to him.  But he's not one to let people go if he has a use for them.

Heh.  No idea what that is, but you should get a prize just for knowing!  Thanks for all your great reviews.

Heh.  No idea what that is, but you should get a prize just for knowing!  Thanks for all your great reviews.

Yep, pretty much.  The rest of the cocktail remains, so you don't sleep and you still feel like hell, but you don't have the resulting nausea, muscle lock or ravenous hunger that can follow even a normal adrenaline spike.

Yep, pretty much.  The rest of the cocktail remains, so you don't sleep and you still feel like hell, but you don't have the resulting nausea, muscle lock or ravenous hunger that can follow even a normal adrenaline spike.

I couldn't let him run free for long.

I couldn't let him run free for long.

He's a tough old bird, but that was close.

He's a tough old bird, but that was close.

I think that's pretty much her way of thinking - except she has no idea how he feels about her so she's convinced she's the only one falling in love.

I think that's pretty much her way of thinking - except she has no idea how he feels about her so she's convinced she's the only one falling in love.

I think if she'd found it at the beginning, she would have moved it.  It's probably a good thing she didn't.

I think if she'd found it at the beginning, she would have moved it.  It's probably a good thing she didn't.

She does that.  Of course, she's never had two parties pay for the same contract before, so it could gert dicey.

She does that.  Of course, she's never had two parties pay for the same contract before, so it could gert dicey.

Thank you!  I thought it was time she got a little back.

Thank you!  I thought it was time she got a little back.

It's Serbian for "shit" (or "bullshit" but I don't use it that way)

It's Serbian for "shit" (or "bullshit" but I don't use it that way)

Yeah, she does.  Considering they helped make her who she is, you'd think they'd be a little more clued in.

Yeah, she does.  Considering they helped make her who she is, you'd think they'd be a little more clued in.

Yep.  They have some very serious baggage, but they keep trying to find ways to connect. 

Yep.  They have some very serious baggage, but they keep trying to find ways to connect. 

Thanks!  That was probably the most difficult scene for me to write.  I'm glad you liked it.

Thanks!  That was probably the most difficult scene for me to write.  I'm glad you liked it.

She's decent enough, but not an expert.  Sticks wouldn't have ignored that part of her training.  He likes guns.

She's decent enough, but not an expert.  Sticks wouldn't have ignored that part of her training.  He likes guns.

Somtimes, it bites pretty hard...

Somtimes, it bites pretty hard...

Glad you like that.  It was requited.  Just not consummated. ;)

Glad you like that.  It was requited.  Just not consummated. ;)

Thanks!  I struggled to get that scene right.  My husband let me shave his head (he often goes bald), though strangely, he vetoed the straight razor, too....

Thanks!  I struggled to get that scene right.  My husband let me shave his head (he often goes bald), though strangely, he vetoed the straight razor, too....

I think they're both glad to have someone to talk to who talks back. :)  And knowing them, they're both fishing for information.

I think they're both glad to have someone to talk to who talks back. :)  And knowing them, they're both fishing for information.

Thanks!  Glad you approve. :)

Thanks!  Glad you approve. :)

Charles Randall is his legal name, given to him by his adoptive parents, with his full agreement.  He wanted a different life, and a new name helped.  Gage is the nickname he got in the war.  He never uses his real name, and very few people know what it is.

Charles Randall is his legal name, given to him by his adoptive parents, with his full agreement.  He wanted a different life, and a new name helped.  Gage is the nickname he got in the war.  He never uses his real name, and very few people know what it is.

She just attends a normal liberal arts college.  But she went to summer school in the jungles of Central America.

I realise now we are on different wave-lengths.  College here refers to high school, so I was thinking she was awfully level-headed and knowledgeable for a teenager! I did figure it out after I asked this question, eventually!

She just attends a normal liberal arts college.  But she went to summer school in the jungles of Central America.

I realise now we are on different wave-lengths.  College here refers to high school, so I was thinking she was awfully level-headed and knowledgeable for a teenager! I did figure it out after I asked this question, eventually!

I hear he works in mysterious ways...

I hear he works in mysterious ways...

Pump is a fictional drug - an artificial adrenaline cocktail.  And he would be very happy if it was removed from the face of the earth.

Pump is a fictional drug - an artificial adrenaline cocktail.  And he would be very happy if it was removed from the face of the earth.