THE DEFIANT HERO

24 days and counting...

Welcome to the official countdown to THE DEFIANT HERO, which will be in bookstores on February 27, 2001.

SEAL Team Sixteen's Troubleshooter Squad is back in THE DEFIANT HERO.  

You met some of the team in THE UNSUNG HERO.  Get ready to meet the rest:

Lt. Tom Paoletti -- Commanding Officer (CO) -- Easy-going and quietly in command -- except when push comes to shove -- he's got the total respect of his team.

Lt. Casper "Jazz" Jacquette -- Executive Officer (XO) -- Would follow Tom Paoletti into hell if necessary.  

Senior Chief Stanley Wolchonok -- can mop up any mess, fix any situation.

Lt. (jg) John "Nils" Nilsson -- Determined to win the no-win scenario, Nils doesn't know the meaning of the word quit.

Ensign Roger "Houston" "Sam" "Bob" Starrett -- Took a pair of bullets in TUH, he's back in TDH with his cowboy drawl, driving sharpshooter Alyssa Locke crazy.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark "Jenk" Jenkins -- With the face and voice of an innocent alter boy, Jenk is one of the team's best liars.

Petty Officer 1st Class Ken "WildCard" Karmody -- The team's computer wizard and hacker extraordinaire.

Ensign Mike Muldoon -- The new guy.  Incredibly good-looking, brilliant and humble, too.  

Jay Lopez -- Medical corpsman

Chief Frank O'Leary -- One of the Troubleshooter's snipers.

And: (appearing in OVER THE EDGE, 9/2001)
Ensign "Big Mac" MacInnough
Wayne "Duke" Jefferson -- Sniper
Scooter
Dan "Gilligan" Gillman
Junior
Izzy
Cosmo
Silverman
Knox
Rick
Steve
Jim

OTHER PLAYERS:

FBI Agent Alyssa Locke -- Formerly of the U.S. Navy, she resigned her commission when she was tapped to join the FBI's top counterterrorist team.

FBI Agent Jules Cassidy -- Alyssa's partner

FBI Negotiator Max Bhagat

Lt. (jg) Teresa Howe -- U.S. Naval Reserves helicopter pilot

Amy Moore -- Meg's ten-year-old daughter

Eve Linden -- Meg's grandmother -- transplanted from Hollywood to Ramsgate, England when she was 15.

Nicky Linden -- Eve's brother

Ralph Grayson -- Nicky's tutor

Check in tomorrow for the latest in the Countdown to THE DEFIANT HERO!