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"As a decorated SWAT sniper, Barry Ozeroff's aim as a storyteller is just as deadly accurate."
--Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award-winning author of Night Work.

"The descriptions of Mortimer Post?s life challenges are realistic and accurate due to Ozeroff?s diligent research and own personal experiences. This fast paced and well-written book reminds the reader that sometimes our worst enemy is only a reflection away."
--Tony Lazzarini, past president of the Military Writer's Society of America, and author of HIGHEST TRADITIONS: MEMORIES OF WAR

"Charged with adrenaline, Return Fire is a high-speed police thriller that never lets you off the edge of your seat. Equal parts mystery and action thriller, Return Fire is page-turning fiction at its very best."
--the American Author's Association (www.americanauthorsassociation.com/)

"RETURN FIRE leaps off the page, and hits the reader between the eyes like a high-powered rifle bullet. Barry Ozeroff's writing is gritty, hard-edged, and utterly compelling. This book has bestseller written all over it."
--Jeff Edwards, Award-Winning Author of TORPEDO, and THE SEVENTH ANGEL

"Return Fire details the disturbingly realistic processes of a police sniper under intense pressure. It has enough action, sex, and violence to satisfy the most avid adrenaline junkie."
--Lisa Black, author of Takeover

"As a decorated SWAT sniper, Barry Ozeroff's aim as a storyteller is just as deadly accurate. Return Fire is everything you could ever want in a thriller."
--Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award-winning author of Night Work.

Mortimer Post is the quintessential product of late-'60's middle America. He is a college-bound physics major from a good family, engaged to his high-school sweetheart, and is at the forefront of his version of the American dream. Then, in twelve short minutes, he faces a loss so devastating it marks the end of his living and the beginning of his dying. But as the opening sentence suggests, some deaths are slower than others. Mortimer's takes a lifetime to complete; a lifetime best described not as a series of unfortunate events, but a series of unbearable tragedies.

Spanning four of America's most significant decades, The Dying of Mortimer Post takes the reader from the protagonist's coming of age in the Pocono Mountains to the massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. After the searing end of his military career, the reader accompanies Mortimer on a nationwide quest for understanding and healing. On this journey of discovery, he finds both happiness and sorrow in the backwoods of rural Mississippi, then a much darker side of himself on the unforgiving streets of south central Los Angeles. Only when he has lost everything and is finally ready for the release of death, does Mortimer discover that he already has the one thing he's spent a lifetime seeking, and with it, the chance to finally live again.

SWAT sniper Ben Geller and his family have a lot on their plate. Their debts far outweigh their earnings. They're trying to adopt a young African-American boy whose father was killed during a SWAT callout. Plus, they're being stalked by a madman who has a grudge, a creative imagination, and fifteen million dollars.

Ben's family situation isn't much better. Of the three ladies in his life, the only faithful one is his eight-year-old daughter. The other two-the wife he thought he knew, and the badge-and gun-toting girlfriend who is maybe just a little too possessive-are both full of surprises. When Ben gets suspended for using excessive force during an arrest and finds himself in danger of losing his job, he realizes he's lost all control of his life.

Then things begin to change for the better. In a very short time, the stalker, the brutality case, the girlfriend; even his debts, drop away, leaving Ben back in control.

But is he really? When bodies start piling up, the Gellers realize things aren't as they appear; that "better" isn't necessarily everything it's cracked up to be. And worse, control isn't just something Ben's lost; it's something he never had.

"Winner of The Military Writer's Society of America's 2005 Distinguished Honor Award

In the middle of the worst hostage crisis in the history of the Pacific Northwest, Stratton SWAT sniper Ben Geller comes to suspect his teammate, fellow sniper Bob Slater, of being one of two unacceptable things: at best, a monumental screw-up, or at worst, a cold-blooded murderer. After the bizarre hostage siege comes to a mysterious end, Geller finds he must place his career, his sanity, and finally, his very life on the line in trying to determine which.

In the game of cat-and-mouse that follows, second place isn't just the first loser; second place is dead. Still, Geller is willing to put his life on the line to bring the truth to light. But soon he finds himself in way over his head when the stakes are raised to include the lives of his wife and children, in yet another hostage siege in which they are the hostages.

In this final conflict, the only clear lines between good guy and bad guy are the crosshairs of the scope through which one sniper takes aim at the other...

Gresham Author's First Novel a Winner:
His debut effort is a potent tale that drips with authenticity.

Chock full of authentic detail and action, 'Sniper Shot' is a first-class police procedural. Ozeroff tells a wonderful story filled with authentic dialogue and believable, though somewhat incompletely drawn characters. The plot moves at breakneck speed, but with a certainty that permits readers to vicariously walk in Geller's [the protagonist's] shoes. The twists and turns that propel readers from page to page never feel contrived, instead reading like events from a real life police blotter. Ozeroff's finale leaves many questions unanswered, making a sequel likely. That's a welcome pleasure to look forward to.

-The Cannon Beach (OR) Gazette, 12/15/05

A Good Inflight Read
Sniper Shot will keep you at the edge of your seat at 30,000 feet

Ozeroff is a police officer and once held his protagonist's position on the Gresham Oregon Special Response Team. Now a hostage negotiator for the team, he ably gives readers a taste of what it's like to be part of this type of elite law enforcement squad.

Ozeroff does more than paint an accurate picture of reality--he also has a keen eye for suspense, plot and pacing. As Sniper Shot's plot unfolds like an origami dragon, Ozeroff fans the flames of suspense to a fever pitch [and] the reader is swept along to its surprisingand open-endedconclusion.

the high-adrenaline suspense novel is as accessible as any mystery or thriller. If you're looking for quality distraction during the upcoming holiday traveling season, Sniper Shot is for you.

-- The Source Weekly (Bend, OR)

[D. Clayton Meadows / Of Ice and Steel.Com]

Military Writers Society of America

We are an association of more than five-hundred authors, poets, and artists, drawn together by the common bond of military service. Most of our members are active duty military, retirees, or military veterans. A few are lifelong civilians who have chosen to honor our military through their writings or their art. Our only core principle is a love of the men and women who defend this nation, and a deeply personal understanding of their sacrifice and dedication.

Our skills are varied. Some of us are world class writers, with many successful books. Others write only for the eyes of their friends and families. But each of us has a tale to tell. Each of us is a part of the fabric of Freedom. These are our stories

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