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The Warrior Spy: A Thriller (A Warrior Spy Thriller Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Dony Jay (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The CIA has a problem. Its best clandestine operatives keep turning up dead. And now, as if things couldn't get any worse, a Defense Department scientist, specializing in high-energy lasers, has gone missing. America needs answers. And fast.

Delta Force operator Reagan Rainey, on temporary duty assignment with a secret CIA entity known as Directorate Twelve, is tasked to do just that--get answers. But to do so, he not only has to outwit and outmaneuver a dangerous cabal of foreign actors believed to be at the center of it all, he must contend with a deadly assassin who is bent on destroying him.

Relying on his bedrock faith in Almighty God, Rainey is forced to race against the clock to uncover what is really going on and why, before his beloved America is pushed to the brink of war.

The Warrior Spy is the first book in the Warrior Spy thriller series. It is jam-packed with heart-pounding action, all-out spy warfare and a new American hero that is sure to please.

It's comparable to thrillers by such authors as Robert Ludlum, Brad Thor and Vince Flynn, while also containing a clear faith element. If you love for-God-and-country-type books, The Warrior Spy was written for you!
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"A fast-paced story full of action and adventure." - Luana Ehrlich, author of One Night In Tehran

About the Author

Dony Jay is a husband and father of two. He loves to laugh and joke around. Loves to spend time with his family, loves to be home. For more than a decade, Dony's worked in law enforcement, the majority of that time as an investigator. He enjoys reading, fiction and non-fiction alike--everything and anything from spy thrillers to history to politics, books on faith that enrich and change your life. He's especially drawn to books about true heroes, those who fearlessly and unapologetically defend freedom and liberty for all. When he's not reading or writing, Dony loves playing sports (soccer mostly), staying fit and cheering on the Philadelphia Eagles. Dony believes the tenets of a rich & rewarding life include faith, family and freedom. In that order. He resides in beautiful Pennsylvania.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B018WRJB7K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Merry Hill Publishing; 1st edition (December 3, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 3, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1794 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
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DONY JAY was born and raised in beautiful south-central Pennsylvania. Whether it was playing baseball with neighborhood kids in the summers or hockey on a slab of ice in his childhood backyard in winter, sports were a passion from a young age. Dony excelled at soccer and basketball and played collegiately, earning himself the first-ever Iron Man Award at Penn State University, York Campus. Though he would go on to graduate with a BS degree in criminal justice from York College, he tested into honors English when applying for school and has always had a joy for the written word.

Dony is now a police detective with over 20 years of law enforcement experience. He has served on a US Marshals Fugitive Task Force and is currently a member of a county-wide Child Abduction Response Team (CART) and his department's forensic unit.

When he's not reading or writing, Dony loves spending time with his family, staying fit, and cheering on the Philadelphia Eagles. He also enjoys the outdoors, great music, and keeping pace with Jovie, his lovable and very active Jack Russell Terrier. Above all, he's a follower of Jesus Christ. He resides in south-central Pennsylvania.

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Curtis Nabors
5.0 out of 5 stars I love Dony’s first thriller!
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2023
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After reading all of Joel Rosenberg‘s excellent novels, Dony’s novel was a great next step. I highly recommend it! I can’t wait to read your second one
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Mark Buzard
5.0 out of 5 stars awesome debut novel
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016
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I am not sure I would have run across this book, or even bought it if I had; were it not for the fact that one of my favorite authors highly recommended it on Facebook. (Mike Dellosso) I put the book on my birthday wish list back in May, but no one bought it for me.... so I finally bought it for myself.

Reading a new author can be a bad or good experience, and when it is said author's first book....... well, you don't know what you're getting into. But Mike was right in recommending this book.. it was definitely worth buying and reading.

Since this is a new author, I'll break it down a bit:

Writing: Superb

Suspense/mystery: Awesome

Main character: Believable, very likable, and a totally awesome dude.

Language: Other than a few uses of "pissed", a word I don't use or care for, there is no bad language.

Sex: None....or any romance, which is fine.

Christian content: A lot, and nothing people would consider preachy who are bothered by such things.

There is a lot of special ops/CIA/military action the book, and the author does a great job of portraying all of that in a way that is realistic and suspenseful. For a debut novel, Dony pulled out all of the stops and knocked it out of the park. A debut novel like this will make writing a worthy sequel challenging, but if he can pull of a novel this great, I am sure he can pull off a sequel just as good or better, and I am looking forward to reading that sequel.

I highly recommend this novel to lovers of suspense, intrigue, and military action novels. I can definitely stand beside similar novels by accomplished and seasoned authors.
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Perspective by Peter
4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive Debut Novel. Sets A High Standard For Future Novels In This Series. A New Breed of Special Ops Warrior.
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2017
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The author asked me to review this novel before it's release date in December 2015. I was unable to due to my current reviewing schedule at that stage. Having now read it, I am glad that I had kept it on my To Be Reviewed List.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Warrior Spy. I have read many Christian military novels and I can gladly add this to my list of favourites. One thought that kept running through my mind while reading, was that Jay definitely knows how to craft a novel. Its construction is well done. He has taken heed of the mentoring that he has received. He is now proficient and "armed" to write more novels of this standard. Every author who has had a background in the military will have their own take on their life in this field. It definitely shows in their novels. It is this that adds great diversity in plot, action, suspense and knowledge of the military in this special ops genre. I have not read one like this, though. Everything has been "upped". Compared to some that I have read, the intrigue, violence, deceit, corruption, religious hatred of the West, in this case, America, is prolific in this novel. The violence more so than others. I am not saying that I endorse or condone this level of violence, nor am I saying it should not be there or watered down. Jay is portraying it as he has experienced it and making it real as possible. To do otherwise would have made this novel less realistic and credible and pretty much a joke to read.

It is all the above that held my interest and absorbed me on the daily train journey to and from work, to the point where I almost missed my destination station many times.

Another aspect that kept me rooted in the plot was the characterisation. All novels of this genre have an ops team with a leader, usually an alpha male. Entrance Reagan Rainey. One determined, self-made man with integrity and virtue but one who has a strong faith in God. What impressed me about him was that despite his independence of thought and action and being disciplined as a Delta soldier, he knew his boundaries when it came to exacting justice against the perpetrators. Many times, he came very close, to going further and seek revenge, but was constrained by his knowledge and obedience of God and His commands,

"As he played through several different plans, possibilities and angles, it happened. A verse from Scipture bubbed up into his thought-Deuteronomy 32:35:

Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; Their foot shall slip in due time; For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things to come hasten upon them.

Rainer considered his motives, reminded himself to keep them in check. he would do his best to stop the treat, prevent another 9/11, kill if need be, but not exact revenge. This was tricky to explain, but he understood the concept perfectly. He believed in it."

This is one example of the faith that Rainey exhibits in this novel as he lives out his faith. There is a conversion scene that is quickly actioned by the recipients of Jay's quick testimony. While I felt Jay had rushed this scene, I had to realize that this was happening at an intense and critical moment where time was not their luxury. Rainey and his two new converts had only a short time for this to happen. God is not constrained by time. There were a few other occasions where Rainey had no problem praying for those under his charge. Convictions like this can only enhance this leader's integrity and respect from those in his team and his relationship with them. It gives me great consolation knowing that there is special ops personnel like Rainey in the military who are Christian and willing to act out their faith in their occupation. As we all should in our chosen profession, but more so men and women in the military. They have to lay down their lives for others either for their own or for another country.

As Rainey states,

"Did anyone back home truly comprehend, truly appreciate the unbelievable sacrifice he and his mates as well as all of those within the intelligence and special operations communities at large were willing to make for their nation, for each other, for all that was right and good? This was the brutal reality of the world in which he and his fellow shadow warriors operated day in and day out all around the globe. A fight between good and evil."

Jay has developed the rest of the characters and the bonds/relationship between them well and relational. In some novels, you know that the other characters are very much secondary and provide a platform for the main character to be always centre stage. Not so in a novel like this. Teamwork and being a special ops unit has to have structure, discipline, and unity. When something happens to one of them, you feel for them and what their leader is going through. You understand and root for this leader and the other members of the team. You become endeared to these characters.

Jay has also done the same to Rainey's family and closest inner circle. I enjoyed these relationships. I wondered why he had included the degree of relationship with his sister and it seems that this is the author's intention. Maddie is to play a larger role in the next novel based on its plot. I do sense that despite this, there might be another reason the author has included her in both novels. Any reader who sees how she handles herself when kidnapped should be able to join the dots.

I am looking forward to the next installment in this series, Artifacts of Conspiracy. This will be released soon. I have an advanced reader's copy to review now.

Strongly Recommended.
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Callie
5.0 out of 5 stars I CAN'T EVEN!! :D
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2016
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I didn't know what to expect from this new author, but after reading another review I took a chance. The short review is, IT WAS WORTH IT! I love reading action/adventure stories, but the hard thing is finding books "clean" enough to read. Strong language (Warning: there are a few curse words used in this book), bad morals, sexual content and the like are NOT my cup of tea (I take mine green, with a spoonful of honey, thank you). I want characters I can ROOT FOR! Well, I finally found it in Reagan Rainey (pause momentarily for a happy dance... okay, continue). He's a throwback to the type of men that started this great nation. Men that loved God, family, and country, that worked with their hearts as well as their hands, strong men with strong faith and biblical morals. Rainey is just a great, well-written character. Then add in tons of action (some of those fights... whew!!), adventure, spy-craft, humor, great characters, and realistic villains with evil plans ripped straight from current events! I mean... what more could you ask for?!

Side note, don't get me started on Rainey's sister, Maddie, because she is my second (maybe first?) favorite in the whole book, and she is so awesome that I can't even! She might need her own book, that's how awesome she is. But, I digress. ;)
Yep, definitely give this book a try! So... how long do I have to wait for book two?
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Agnieszka
1.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes less is more
Reviewed in Germany on April 1, 2016
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Usually I love espionage thriller and I'm always looking for new Christian (suspense) authors because I hope to discover some great books or new authors for the future - so I tried this one out and very sadly I have to say it's one of the worst books I ever read. If it wouldn't be for a challange I wouldn't finish it at all.
My strong dislike from the beginning hasn't changed until the very end. If it would be possible I would rate it with 0*. I can recommend this one only for those looking for hard-core Christian espionage thrillers and prefer strong (even extrem) faith contents over plausibility (hope it's the correct word) and don't plan to give it to readers outside the Christian church.

The number of guns and other equipment as well as all the names (and there are really many) and places and the very complex plot was so confusing I was happy for the ebook copy (much easier to look up to check who is who). With all the equipment at some point I just started to mark it - once to get an overview and to be able to look up all those I don't know. Since I'm not native speaker I got additionally confused by all those abbreviation - unfortunatelly most of those I knew were explained - some of those I never seen before not - so I hope to find the correct name in the web for those I marked to look up.

At the point when I was able to ignore all the confusing factors (many names, places & abbreviations, overdrawn plot and characters) I was able to see the fun and entertaining writting style though it was not enough to change my opinion of this book as much as I tried.

I would sum up my impression with: sometimes less is more.
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