Friendly Fire

2024 Feathered Quill Book Award winner, Mystery/Suspense category

In the tradition of the best legal and political thrillers,Friendly Fire.

When Geoffrey Tate, one of the world’s richest individuals and the CEO of Yukon, the country’s preeminent artificial intelligence company, isshot and killed by his young trophy wife, it’s going to grab headlines. And seasoned Newshoundpath he didn’t foresee.

The sensational trial that follows Tate’s death threatens to derail Bullwhip—the military’s nextgeneration of AI-inspired war machines—and scramble the fortunes of political heavyweights and Pentagon brass alike. Hisjournalistic instincts aroused, Nik embarks on an uncertain hunt for the truth that takes him deep intothe murky worlds of Washington lobbyists, the military-industrial complex, andthe Saudi intelligence apparatus.

Undermined by a vindictive boss and a jealous rival reporter,Nik turns to trusted Newshoundr.