Outsourced

RJ Hillhouse

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In the 21st Century war and espionage have been transformed. With the CIA on the ropes, the armed forces stretched thin, and the need for special operations capabilities at an all-time high, the United States government has turned to private corporations to help shoulder the load.  Companies such as Blackwater USA, Triple Canopy and Abraxas field over 50,000 private soldiers and spies who conduct missions formerly restricted to the military and the CIA.  National security has been outsourced.
 
In Outsourced  Camille Black, a former CIA counterterrorism officer, has left the Agency to create Black Management, a private corporation that specializes in providing former Special Forces operators and CIA case officers for covert operations.  Active in the volatile Middle East, it competes heavily in the cutthroat counterterrorism business.
 
One day, the CIA contracts Camille to track down and eliminate her ex-fiancé Hunter Stone, a Pentagon spy accused of selling arms to terrorist cells.  Battling her old feelings, but fueled by Stone’s disloyalty to both his country and to her, Camille slips into the shadows of the War on Terror to track him down.  Dodging death with each step, she finds herself in the crossfire of the Pentagon and the CIA, where good and evil blur and trust is bought and sold.
 
Outsourced exposes the headlines of tomorrow.  Impeccably researched and masterfully crafted, Outsourced is an edge-of-your seat thriller with a rare glimpse behind the scenes into how private corporations conduct and profit from the multi-billion dollar War on Terror.

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Chapter OneCamp Tornado Point, Anbar Province, IraqTwo months laterHer nose burned as she inhaled the dry air, heavy with diesel fumes that barely masked the stench of the burn pit and the overpowering fragrance of night-blooming jasmine. To Camille Black it was the sweet scent of life on the edge, the smell of money, the perfume of Iraq. She coughed dust and smiled as she circled her new mine-protected personnel carrier, a six-hundred-thousand-dollar Cougar, admiring it as if it were a Ferrari. In this part of Iraq, it was her Ferrari.

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"A new standard for the 21st Century spy thriller. Stunning and eye-opening."
—Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author
 
“To understand what’s happening in our world, you need to read this book.”
—David Morrell, creator of Rambo and New York Times bestselling author of Scavenger

“Combines a rollercoaster ride into the terrifying world of the Iraq war with a sobering examination of the legacy of Donald Rumsfeld in encouraging and funding private armies.  What purports to be today's fiction is well on the way to becoming tomorrow's reality.”
—Rob Kresge, retired founding member of the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center 
 
"A Wild Ride Behind Today’s War Zone Headlines."
—WEB Griffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author  
 
"Captures the spirit and grit of the men and women that go in harm's way as private citizens--call them mercenaries or contractors."
—Frank Gallagher, Agent in Charge of Blackwater’s security detail for Ambassador Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq 
 
"Ripped from the headlines? Or a preview of tomorrow's headlines? Either way, you'll love this book."
—Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author
 
“Hillhouse has successfully brought to life how things really are in the special world of black operations.”
—Major Grady King, US Army, ret., recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross  and Purple Heart
 
“Reminiscent of the best Ludlum, Follet and early Tom Clancy.  It catapults the spy thriller into the twenty-first century.”
--Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Killer Instinct
 
“An insightful look into the war on terrorism.”
—Brigadier General Frank “Sam” Huey, USMC ret.
 
“Once again, Hillhouse dazzles us with her command of espionage lore..”
—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author

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Andrea  rated it  
Sep 16, 2008
Wow! Although this is fiction, it was such an eye-opener into the Iraq War and the outsourcing of America's military. It is pretty violent and there is some vulgar language, but the author only uses strong words when he needs to. ...more
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Bill  rated it  
Feb 3, 2009
A covert operation thriller. Most of these books are formulaic to a fault but this one is better than average and a wonderful escape. A good break from my usual eclectic routine. I categorize books like this as "candy". Good fun. Oh, and having just completed the book, let me add that the ...more
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Gregory  rated it  
Jul 10, 2010
Read at the request of my brother. Interesting in exploring the contract warrior and how the face of war is changing in the 21st century. Not an excellent book, but interesting in content. ...more
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RJ Hillhouse

R J HILLHOUSE lived for over six years in Central and Eastern Europe and is fluent in several languages. She earned her Ph.D. in political science at the University of Michigan. A former professor and Fulbright fellow, Hillhouse has lectured at such institutions as Harvard, the Smithsonian and the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

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Outsourced
RJ Hillhouse

Mass Market Paperbound

Mass Market Paperbound
Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
April 2008
Mass Market Paperbound
ISBN: 9780765354815
ISBN10: 0765354810
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 512 pages
$7.99

Hardcover

Hardcover
Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
June 2007
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780765315779
ISBN10: 0765315777
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 400 pages
$25.95

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e-Book Agency
Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
April 2008
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781466807358
ISBN10: 1466807350
400 pages
$6.99
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