The Silver Affair: A Novel Based on True Events - Paperback

by Bob Sugar (Author)

When part of a five-man unit of special operatives learns that Master Sergeant Avery Franks is being held in a mountain compound in France, the team sets operations in motion to get Franks out. The bandits, holding Avery, are under some illusion that the United States Military would be willing to make a swape. One American for six of theirs. That was not how Colonel Reade's team operated. Even if a raid to free Franks were not sanctioned, Darren---the team's captain---the Colonel, Reis Sabette, and Dave Wolf would have tried a rescue mission no matter what the consequences. The Colonel's team was a splinter group before the forming of the Green Berets and operated outside of usual protocol, engaging in covert operations that others could not undertake. In this operation, the team annihilates the enemy and finds Franks along with a French citizen who talks of seeing silver ingots placed inside of an underground vault. The team is intrigued, but with the threat of a further enemy encounter looming, they don't have the time to investigate. Later, a nagging curiosity brings the now-retired team back together to launch one final--- and possible lucrative---mission. But the operation has already been compromised, and nobody knows how or why.

Author Biography

The author, Bob Sugar, was a native of Queens, Long Island. Moved to California and remained until the beginning of World War II. He joined the Merchant Marine after graduating high school and stayed in the service till after the war. Bob returned to college, but during his second year, he was called back into the Army for the Korean War. He was assigned as an instructor for anti-aircraft gunnery school and attended a program for chemical, biological, and radiological warfare at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Later he was assigned to furtive operations, unbeknown to his peers, he served as an assassin on missions outside of the United States. He is married and has five children.