Day Nine Read online



  Day Nine

  Clayton Spann

  Copyright 2011 Clayton Spann

  Exchange Rate

  The Line of Eyes

  Lord Protector*

  Restorer of the World*

  Expelled*

  Two Timed

  *Roger Ward Trilogy

  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or persons (except for historical figures), living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  To the Boys in the Blue and the Gray

  On Fame’s eternal camping ground

  Their silent tents are spread,

  And glory guards, with solemn round

  The bivouac of the dead.

  Guide to the Days

  Day 1: October 2000

  Jack Mauer, Director of ATU Los Angeles, prevents assassination of Senator David Falmer. Falmer is the Democratic nominee for president. Jack also rescues kidnapped wife Teri Mauer and daughter Kim. Nina Miller, a mole in ATU, murders Teri. Jack leaves ATU.

  Day 2: May 2001

  At President Falmer’s request, Jack rejoins ATU. Jack prevents terrorists from exploding a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.

  Day 3: September 2004

  Chloe Bryant has joined ATU as an analyst. She works with Jack, now a heroin addict, to contain a biological attack on the United States. Jack avenges Teri’s death by killing Nina Miller. Jack is fired by ATU.

  Day 4: November 2005

  Jack has fallen in love with Audrey Paine, daughter of Defense Secretary James Keller. Jack is reinstated at ATU. He and Chloe prevent terrorists from shutting down the nation’s electrical grid. To get necessary intelligence, Jack leads an assault on the Chinese consulate. The Consul is killed. Chloe helps Jack fake his death after learning President Charles Rogin will have him killed to placate the Chinese government.

  Day 5: February 2007

  President Rogin learns that Jack is alive. Rogin has David Falmer killed, and targets Jack and Chloe for assassination. Rogin is in league with Graem Mauer, Jack’s brother, to take over oil fields in Central Asia. Jack reunites with Audrey Paine. Jack, Chloe and Secret Service agent Aaron Price combine to bring down Rogin. Jack is kidnapped by the Chinese.

  Day 6: May 2009

  President Wayne Falmer secures Jack’s release from the Chinese, but the Chinese in turn have kidnapped Audrey Paine. A nuclear bomb detonates in Los Angeles, with more explosions threatened. Jack’s father Phillip, brother Graem, Arab terrorists, and the Chinese are involved in this plot. The terrorists severely wound Falmer. Noah Darnell becomes president. All in a day’s work, Jack kills his brother and father, prevents war with Russia, and rescues a vegetative Audrey. Audrey does not recover.

  Day 7: May 2013

  An out of control ATU has been shut down. Jack is under investigation for torturing terrorists, but the FBI—in a pickle—recruits him to fight new terrorists. These terrorists, backed by a secret American cabal, threaten to deploy a deadly biological agent. Jack, Chloe, Aaron, and FBI agent Renee Weller help defeat the cabal. During this crisis President Allison Naylor suffers an invasion of the White House, and Jack saves her life. Allison’s daughter Olivia is complicit in the murder of a member of the cabal. Allison refuses to cover up the crime, and husband Henry deserts her.

  Day 8: April 2015

  Allison Naylor has reactivated ATU, and Chloe now works at ATU New York. Allison and Secretary of State Ethan Canon verge on concluding a historic peace treaty, but the Russians and Islamic terrorists try to sabotage it. Jack and Renee Weller are dragged in to combat the plot. Chloe is appointed Director of ATU New York. Jack and Renee fall in love, but the Russians kill Renee. Allison is desperate to salvage the treaty and tries to cover up Russian duplicity. As Jack slaughters Russians and maims U.S. agents, he almost defeats the cover up but is captured. Allison signs off on his execution. Stricken by conscience, she intervenes to save him. She resigns from office; Mitchell Hightower is president. Jack runs from both his government and the Russians.

  Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.

  Max Frisch

  2015