Dangerously Covert

When President Riggins is approached by the Egyptian Ambassador, and is told of a devious plot that is about to unfold in Chad, his reaction is one of disbelief Two hundred Libyan men have melted into the citizenry of Chad and are about to start a terrorist reign that will eventually lead the world to believe that Chad has invaded Libya without warning. Egypt cannot become involved directly because of their place in the North African Council and Ambassador Aboulza is pleading with the President to intercede or find a solution before the plot explodes into a North African meltdown.

The President summons General Loren Roberts to the White House and discloses his conversation with the Ambassador. The General asks, "Who else knows of this plot?" The President replies, "The President of Egypt, Ambassador Aboulza, the Egyptian Ambassador to Chad, myself and now you." General Roberts quickly points out the perils of involvement. "Are you going to inform the congress of the situation?" The President quickly answers, "No. Nothing has happened, yet. What would I tell them?"

A squirming decision is made by the President to help Chad, disregarding the political consequences. General Roberts is put in charge and immediately calls Captain John Dempsey, An Air Force career pilot, to Washington. Handsome, confident, single, a leader of the Mosquito squadron, he accepts the challenge and learns quickly that General Robert's best kid plans for success are thrown out the window when the President of Chad is assassinated upon his arrival in Chad.

John Dempsey had attended the University of N'Djamena as a part of his masters degree program sixteen years earlier. There he met Ben El Agad and the lovely Jolla, whom he fell in love with but dared not pursue. Her parents would not permit an American to marry their daughter. Ben, an entrepreneur, would make many on Wall Street gasp with excitement, becomes the focal point of a new plan. Ben, along with two hundred men from his village of Aozi, formulate a plan that challenges the devious plans of invasion facing the Chad people. John and Jolla renew the deep feelings they had for each other so many memories ago.

Reporting back to the President, John was asked if this action would ever be made public. Respectfully, John answered, "Ben El Egad and his two hundred men will never reveal what happened. The only way it can be revealed has to come from this room. The President smiled.