Thomas Thrasher, a decorated United States Marine combat veteran turned military contractor, had survived the threats and dangers of war overseas and set up a comfortable, well-organized existence for himself. Thrasher's life was going exactly the way he planned until the day he received a message for a former lover, desperately begging him for help. Without much warning, Thrasher would be thrust into a world of drugs, deception, corruption, and organized crime. A seasoned military operator, Tommy would have to fall back on everything he learned in combat and use that experience to save an innocent life as well as fight for his own survival. "The Operator" is a thrilling adventure filled with danger, intrigue, and romance. Readers, both men and women, will cheer the heros, curse the villains, and find themselves drawn to characters so real they could be your friends, neighbors, or co-workers. Brew a pot of coffee, once you begin, will not want to put this book down. About the Author Nicolas Orr is the nom de plume for a civilized barbarian, a savage gentleman, with thirty plus years of operational and combat experience in the United States and overseas. The author has carried a gun during innumerable assignments worldwide as a member of the United States Military, as a Military Contractor, and Executive Protection Agent. Though this is a work of fiction, the circumstances are based upon three decades of real world experience.As with any work of fiction; the names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental...as far as you know.