Trident’s First Gleaming: [#1] A Special Operations Group Thriller

Stephen Templin

Oct 2015 · Stephen Templin

About this ebook

Former SEAL Chris Paladin becomes a pastor, but CIA spy Hannah needs him—along with an ultra-elite team to eliminate the most recent and deadly threat to the United States.

Praise for Steve's books: 
“As action packed as a Tom Clancy thriller…harrowing…adrenaline-laced.” 
—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times 

“Pulses with the grit of a Jerry Bruckheimer production…” 
—Stephen Lowman, The Washington Post 

Praise for Trident’s First Gleaming 
Another great novel reflecting our Spec Ops forces’ global capabilities. Written by a proven and insightful master storyteller.” 
—Howard E. Wasdin, SEAL Team Six Sniper and NYT Bestselling Author of SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper 

“Stephen Templin’s Trident’s First Gleaming is a muscular thrill ride that’s rich with detail and full of heart and energy. A stand out in the ranks of modern action-adventure thrillers, Trident’s First Gleaming is a blast.” 
—Mark Greaney, #1 NYT Bestselling Coauthor of Command Authority, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. 

“There are few authors who have as deep an understanding of the shadowy world of global special operations as Stephen Templin. And there are fewer still who can synthesize that knowledge into a thrilling narrative so deftly. In Trident’s First Gleaming, Stephen weaves a tale that reflects today’s complicated reality, where motives and allegiances are rarely black and white and there are no easy answers. Even more impressively, he manages to do this while still bringing plenty of visceral gunfights and car chases.” 
—Chris Martin, Bestselling Author of Beyond Neptune Spear and Shaping the World from the Shadows 

SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP series order 
Dead in Damascus [#0] 
Trident’s First Gleaming [#1] 
From Russia Without Love [#2] 
Autumn Assassin [#3] 
(More books at Steve’s website: StephenTemplin.com) 

NONFICTION 
Navy SEAL Training Class 144: My BUD/S Journal 
SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper 
I am a SEAL Team Six Warrior (Young Adult version of SEAL Team Six) 

KEYWORDS: Free, Men's, Women’s, Adventure, sea, travel, patriot,  assassin, DEVGRU, Navy, SEAL Team Six, sniper, mystery, crime, suspense, thriller, Iraq, war, CIA, military Middle East, Syria

Ratings and reviews

Not as good as I thought it would be.

About the author

Get your FREE book at stephentemplin.com. Steve is a NYT, USA Today and international bestselling author, with the movie rights to one of his books purchased by Vin Diesel. His books have been translated into 13 languages, and he publishes with three of the Big 5 publishers: Simon and Schuster, Macmillan, and Hachette UK. Steve's writing is "action packed...harrowing...adrenaline laced" (New York Times).

He wasn't a SEAL, but he completed Hell Week, qualified as a pistol and rifle expert, blew up stuff, and practiced small-unit tactics during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training. Later, Steve became a missionary. Then for 14 years he lectured as a tenured professor at Meio University in Japan, where he trained in the martial art aikido. His PhD is in education, and he lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Secretly, he's a dark chocolate thief. Feel free to talk with him on Twitter or Facebook.