Savage Son Quotes
"His college friend and former Navy SEAL teammate Raife Hastings was driving the British SUV and wouldn’t tell Reece the exact nature of their destination."
"As a former Navy SEAL, Reece had recently proven himself particularly skillful at adapting; he’d outwitted a national security apparatus set on killing him and then unraveled a plot that put the president of United States in the crosshairs."
"Unbeknownst to his new masters at Langley, he had a more personal reason for joining their ranks; two men needed to die."
"Reece lifted his ball cap and ran his fingers over his closely cropped hair. He hadn’t had a haircut this short since BUD/S."
"The families had become close when Reece and Raife’s friendship blossomed at the University of Montana."
"It’s not every day one gets to surprise their best friend with a new house."
"Roman Dobrynin was the Russian president’s man in Africa, or at least in the Central African Republic."
"CAR was one of the ten poorest countries in the world. Its record of human rights violations including extrajudicial executions, torture, female genital mutilation, slavery, human trafficking, the sex trade, child labor, rape, and genocide made the country the perfect home for an outside power seeking to take advantage."
"To Ivan Zharkov, information was everything. It had been information, and his willingness to exploit it at all costs, that had led to his position of power in the Bratva."
"Katie Buranek leaned against the wall of her Old Town condo lost in thought, watching the raindrops hit the window and slide down to pool on the ledge."
"Snow was falling on a morning when Katie came to see Reece after one of his physical therapy sessions."
"The Central African Republic was not kind to its people."
"Aleksandr admired the rugged beauty of the African landscape. From the air it was easy to dismiss the reality on the ground."
"The sound of their footsteps in the freshly fallen snow was a haunting reminder that beneath this hallowed ground rested generations of America’s bravest warriors."
"He was relieved that he wouldn’t be required to undergo radiation or chemotherapy and was happy to be alive after all that he’d been through over the past two years; there had been too much death."
"The hard work paid off when Thorn won an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis."
"Archery was discipline. Archery was freedom. Archery was Zen."
"I’m so happy to be here with you, James."
"It’s the one thing my dad enjoys almost as much as golf. He and his doctor buddies would do one big fly-fishing trip a year."
"He began to see that Montana was being stripped of its natural resources on the backs of men like his father."
"Reece took one last look at the grizzly and nodded in respect before joining the rest of the family on the deck."
"When you’re ready we’ll head down to Colorado and have South Cox measure you for a Stalker and stop in to see Tom Clum for some lessons."
"The room burst into joyful applause. Everyone rose to their feet and there was round after round of hugs, black slaps, and celebration."
"Ivan Zharkov put down the newspaper and took a sip of his tea."
"Is this a French burgundy?" she asked, puzzled.
"Actually, it’s a pinot noir from the Son"
"Protect that child," the Hastings matriarch ordered. "But if you die this day, die bravely."
"Katie, just put the stock in your shoulder, aim this red dot at whoever tries to come across the back garden, and shoot them until they go down."
"Are we clear?" Caroline asked, looking each of her newly minted recruits in the eye. "Good. Remember. No one is coming. It’s up to us. Take your positions."
"I’ve shot a Glock a few times at the range, but that’s it."
"Who is this family? Katie wondered as she watched the scene unfold. These people were prepared for war."
"It hadn’t been a question of what to do when the attack came. It was all about executing a preplanned emergency response, habits instilled in a different time and place."
"It’s not paranoia if someone’s really after you," she said.
"None of that, lad," the weathered old man snapped. "We are all still aboveground. That was nothing compared to what the terrs and Mugabe’s thugs did in Rhodesia. I’m just getting warmed up."
"You put me on this mission, and I come in for at least four years."
"If you leave now, you can make it in time for tonight’s brief and FTX."
"That’s a bit harsh, Pyne, even for you."
"Your sister is dead. But just like the deer that comes to the feeder, or the leopard who climbs the tree after rotting zebra meat placed there by those who hunt him, you are here."
"I want everyone to consider what’s at stake. This is an invasion of a sovereign foreign country. All of us could be executed or rot in a Russian or U.S. jail for this."
"I want you to thank the men and women who have been preparing for this possibility."
"Well, we’ve been down here so much over the years we figured we needed a place to call home. Your Seabees built it for us. Built one for Blue, too."
"If we don’t come back, your family will be taken care of. That, I assure you."
"We’ve got a man down in the back of the truck."
"I’m here with Raife and Jonathan Hastings."
"I’m James Reece. I’m here with Raife and Jonathan Hastings."
"He’s hypothermic. He’s breathing and has strong distal pulses, but these displaced compound fractures have me worried."
"You go. Get home to Caroline. Mourn your daughter. Take care of Raife."
"The man who killed my father is here, not on Medny, but he’s close. And I know where."
"Don’t worry, Lieutenant, I have a history of doing things like this."
"If that’s true, I want you to tell Katie something for me."
"Once a village heard a gunshot in the distance. Even specters had to eat."
"A violent nomad, he had a mission: death."
"You Americans are too trusting, Mr. Reece."