Bear Trap (A Jon Smith Novel Book 1)

Bear Trap is a military thriller by Bob Asher, a former NGA supervisory intelligence officer. The novel follows Jon Smith, a retired Navy SEAL and CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer, who arrives in Homer, Alaska for vacation. When the NSA intercepts a Kremlin message ordering the covert extraction of Dr. Oleg Karpinsky—a former KGB Colonel who defected after the Berlin Wall fell—the President orders a rescue mission. Karpinsky, now a respected CIA scientist researching Remote Viewing for intelligence gathering, is vacationing in an isolated cabin with his security detail when Russian Spetsnaz soldiers move to capture him. Severe icing weather has grounded most military aircraft, leaving only a Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter available. The Pentagon assembles an ad hoc rescue team for what may be a suicide mission against highly trained Russian operators. Jon Smith and his team must reach Karpinsky before the Russians do. Bear Trap is the first standalone book in the Jon Smith series of military and espionage thrillers.