Remi Adeleke is a remarkable man. Born in Nigeria, he, his mother, and brother relocated permanently to the Bronx in New York City after his father died. He was a street kid and got into bad shit that could have led to prison or the grave. Instead, he joined the Navy and became a Navy SEAL. He’s now an actor, with a beautiful family — and as of this month, the author of a hot-title thriller titled Chameleon. And, yes, it’s deeply informed by his life’s arc and his career in SpecOps…
Here’s the caper:
When a mysterious former South African commando, Lucas Van Groot, begins taking wealthy hostages all over the world, it appears at first to be a typical ransom gambit. However, it soon becomes clear that his “Hostage Inc.” venture is manipulating worldwide stock markets and threatening global economic collapse
Enter Black Box, the CIA’s elite, secret special operations branch—so surreptitious that not even the Director of CIA is fully privy to the unit’s activities. Black Box is composed of highly skilled agents who perform with precision:
- Chameleons who can transform into myriad characters,
- Ghosts who are specialists in stealth and surveillance,
- Wind operatives who are transportation experts, and
- Aberration agents whose specialty is deep cover for years.
Kali Kent, a Nigerian born and Bronxite Chameleon in the Black Box program, leads the hunt for Van Groot. Tracking this ringleader and his cadre of international criminals, the team discovers the South African mastermind is after a much larger prize and the race is on to prevent a worldwide tragedy.
Along the way, Kali will have to face the demons from his childhood and reflect on his emotional path that made him the Chameleon that he is today.
My next novel on Audible is Vampires of El Norte. Then this one.
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Lady Marilyn and I headed out to O’Neil arena 30 miles to the east of us Saturday evening for a PBR bullriding event. Heckuva good time, and a fine slice of shitkicker Americana.
The arena was tiny, which made the action all the more intense — particularly for the cowboy who had to get the bulls out of the arena after each ride. His horse was the top athlete of the evening in our book. The format gave each rider a crack at two bulls. Only two men rode both of their bulls. Conner Halverson , pictured below, did it and took second…
… but the King of the North Showdown Stop #9 champ was Chase Wimer, to the tune of $5,438 in winnings.
On the way home, right about as we hit Dry Canyon, a frog that had hitched a ride in the Subaru jumped on Marilyn’s head, which created a rodeo all its own. He did NOT last 8 seconds. In fact, he got bucked off right out of the chute. The little feller rode all the way home with us, then jumped into a lavender bush, where he’ll be a lot happier.
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Here’s a brand new chunk of Frontier Fennario:
Texas—The Lone Star State. Land of wide-open spaces, cattle, cowboys, and monsters! Bigfoot roams the state and is especially active in the thick eastern woodlands, but he’s not the only hairy biped reported. People have also encountered Goat Men, gorillas, and wild people around the state. Everything’s bigger in Texas, and that goes for the list of monsters reported as well—there’s giant birds, living dinosaurs, werewolves, swamp monsters, and of course, the infamous chupacabra that has long plagued ranchers. Kick your boots up and explore Lone Star State Monsters.
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Hawken Horse has announced a new album release on November 3. Right in time for my birthday, which is most gracious. We’ve been choking on wildfire smoke for the past two weeks, and it’s been bad enough to mess with my woods and range time. Longhunter was a comfort to me yesterday, when the air quality turned hazardous (500 AQI value) again. Just spun it and dreamed of Can-tuck-ee in 1770.
Paul McNamee says
The more time goes by, the more I ponder that the Eastern Coyotes that roam my suburbs so freely now, could have fallen under the ‘cryptid’ label when they first appeared. Though they weren’t a legendary animal passed down through folklore, they were quite the mysterious and rare beast in the first decade(s) of their existence. They were a NEW animal, unclassified for a time.
As per usual comment on such trapline content – SO. MANY. BOOKS!
JimC says
I know, I know. Feel the same.
Matthew says
Remi Adeleke sounds like an interesting person and Chameleon sounds like it will be a good movie.
I take it you may listen to books more than read them. It’s interesting phenomenon that a lot of people listen books nowadays instead of reading them. It hearkens back to the days of the traditional story teller. Jonathon Franzen was critical of this but Franzen always came across as pratt. (He may be a good writer. I’ve never opened his books, but he comes across as a pratt.) I think it listening to books is different than reading them, but I don’t think it is necessarily better or worse.
Cryptids from the state of my birth sounds interesting. I never encounter any when I lived down there, though I did see a lot of alligators in the Houston area. One even lived in the golf course lake in the suburb I lived in.
JimC says
Of late listening has been my main means of consuming novels — which has increased my novel consumption considerably. Non-fiction, particularly FP work, requires actual books and reading (and marking em up).
Matthew says
Interesting.
If you ever looking for something spooky you might check out horrorbabble. They have a youtube channel but I believe you can get through other sources. They have of REH and other Weird Tales writers on it.
Quixotic Mainer says
The trap line is plum bountiful this week! You can definitely put me down for the Texas cryptid tome. That’s just my cup of coffee.
I was fortunate to take part in a “zombie” action shoot last weekend. Hammering paper undead at speed with my colts and Winchesters was about as much Fennario fun as one could wish.
Really enjoyed the first Zapata episode!
JimC says
Man, this made my day.
Norman+Andrews says
Was the frog called Jeremiah ? , the young folks will have to look that up .
John M Roberts says
He was a good friend of mine.
lane batot says
I never understood a single word he said!