Friday, July 28, 2023

"Barrett"

Barrett by Mike Colonna
Genre: Action/Mini Series
A young billionaire creates a private air force that becomes a CIA target.
A convoy of former Navy Seals now working as military contractors escort a high ranking CIA officer through a busy market place in Baghdad.  The convoy comes to a screeching halt when large crowd blocks their path.  A group of militants standing next to a pickup truck loaded with rockets and grenade launchers creates a menacing site.
The crowd surrounds the convoy, the American security team exits their SUV’s to clear the road. All hell breaks lose. The insurgents shoo indiscriminately into the crowd killing and wounding women and children.  Mayhem ensues, the crowd disperses, and the truck loaded with bad guys and weapons begins chasing the convoy. As the convoy heads toward the U.S. Military Green Zone the finger pointing begins. Colonel Brad Barrett, the leader of the Special Ops contracting team is furious with the CIA officer, Allen Markus. Markus was clearly responsible for directing the disastrous route through the heart of Baghdad.
The incident made world headlines, and Markus brought Barretts team up for charges before a select Senate Committee.
Barrett’s company is blamed fo the event and is discharged from doing business with the U.S. government.  Barrett “golden parachute” of twenty fie million dollars from the Senate Armed Services Committee shows their appreciation and overcompensates Barrett’s contractors.

Flash forward, Barrett’s severance package becomes seed money for his next endeavor, a private air force.  Armored “crop dusters” flying unmanned missions will make Barrett’s air-force a threat to American Aircraft companies. Barrett is traveling around the world pitching small nations looking for inexpensive ways to thwart insurgencies.
Markus still heads the CIA but is in the pockets of three military contractors and is bent on ceasing Barrett’s activities.

Markus makes Barrett enemy number one.

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