Less Than Ten Percent

An Air Force fighter squadron comes under attack flying back to base after supporting a ground action in the Middle East. A surface to air missile is fired. Lt. Colonel Robert “Bob” Malone, leading the squadron, positions himself in the path of the missile and takes the hit to save the lives of the other pilots in the squadron.Two years later, retired Five Star General William Walker is running for President. Rebecca Torrington, the chief pilot working for the very successful Ion Air, receives a final judgment in a hotly contested divorce. Anton Voronin, a Russian drug dealer represented by Jacob “Jack” Nelson, is on trial in Florida in the courtroom of Circuit Judge Carlton T. Ross for heroin trafficking. Criminal defendants believe the judge’s middle initial stands for “The Terminator” because of the long sentences he imposes in criminal cases. A conviction in this case could send Voronin to prison for life. After the jury returns a guilty verdict, Jack Nelson tells Voronin that he will be filing a motion for a new trial. The client asks what would happen if the trial judge is unable to rule on the motion. Now Voronin’s defense attorney is on a commercial airline flight at 36,000 feet.What ties all these independent life trajectories together? Less Than Ten Percent involves multiple murders, multiple suspects, and the questions: who is the murderer; who are the murderers? This novel is a fast-paced, complex, legal thriller, and multiple murder mystery that will keep the reader engrossed in the story and guessing almost until the end. Read more