Brighton Publishing releases “PURSUED” by novelist Jack Kassinger

MESA, Ariz. - July 25, 2015 - PRLog -- Brighton Publishing LLC is pleased to announce the eBook release of PURSUED“The Emir of Al-Shabaab” by novelist Jack Kassinger.

It is currently available from multiple eBook vendors, with the print version scheduled for release in fall 2015. Both formats will be available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other leading retailers nationwide. The print version will be distributed through Ingram, the world’s largest wholesale book distributor, in addition to being available worldwide through the Xerox Espresso Book Machine network.

Synopsis: CIA Agent Mike Shocklee is handpicked by his superior, Scott Sandowski, the director of clandestine operations, to lead a team into Africa on a mission to execute the leader of the al-Shabaab terrorist group. Shocklee goes undercover as a lieutenant in the Kenyan military to take out Mukhtar Abu Zubaya. Zubaya has plans to use chemical weapons against the West.

Mike chooses Agent Rick Walker to assist him with the technical aspects of the mission. Although Walker is reluctant to accompany Shocklee, because both men had only recently recovered from serious injuries acquired during their last mission, he eventually agrees to tag along. They travel to Nairobi, Kenya, the launching point for the operation.

After Shocklee is embedded with the Kenyan military, he heads an invasion of one of Zubaya’s compounds. Two of Zubaya’s men are captured and taken to the temporary base that Walker is in charge of. The first prisoner, Abidi Malik Zakur, a devoted follower of the al-Shabaab, dies in custody. The second prisoner, Ibrahim Hallam, a reluctant member of the group, cooperates during Walker’s interrogations and agrees to help the Americans find Zubaya on the condition that the CIA rescue his wife and daughters from a compound where Zubaya is holding them. The American military frees Ibrahim’s family, and the detainee agrees to go back into the fold of al-Shabaab as a spy after learning that Zubaya plans to marry his oldest daughter, Naomi.

While Ibrahim monitors the movement of men in and out of the compound belonging to Abu Abdallah, a senior al-Shabaab leader, Mohamoud, Zubaya’s right-hand man, conspires with the Eritrean ambassador to purchase chemical weapons from Iran.

When Sandowski’s boss gives the military an unexpected command to take out Zubaya, Shocklee’s mission comes to a violent and deadly end.

“Powerful, and laced with a steady beat of suspense, Kassinger does it again with this spectacular work of international intrigue.” said Kathie McGuire, director of Brighton Publishing LLC.

In terms of spy genre, Jack Kassinger, as an author, is one of the best there is.His novels include: Noble Cause: A CIA Spy Thriller, Storms Over Zimbabwe, and The Hunt for Njonjo and each provides the reader suspense and drama based on real life experiences. PURSUED is his fourth novel to be published, and is a continuation of his masterful writing.

Jack Kassinger was raised in Kentucky. After high school, he joined the Marine Corps and served in Viet Nam. He was wounded in action on Memorial Day 1969. He subsequently joined the Central Intelligence Agency and served overseas in various locations. He retired from the CIA in 1995 as a Senior Intelligence Officer.

During his service with the CIA, he received numerous awards for valor and heroism.

He currently resides in Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas with his wife Cherie.