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LT Craig Elliott -- Author Event

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NIS SPECIAL AGENT

                  MEET THE FICTIONAL CHARACTER NAVAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE SPECIAL AGENT MIKE BLACKSTONE BASED ON THE ADVENTURES                          AND EXPLOITS OF THE AUTHOR. FOLLOW HIS CHARACTER AS HEDOES BATTLE WITH THE BAD GUYS IN NAPLES, ITALY.

                        It was the 1980's, long before the TV series NCIS had become popular. Mike had earned a commission in the U.S. Navy as a NIS S/A for his first                           assignment and worked dangerous operations in conjunction with the feared Italian Carabinieri Anti-Drug Squad. Follow him as he operated against drug                       barons, solved mysterious crimes and protected high ranking civilian government officials such as the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy.

                                  REVIEWS

                A USMC Marine wrote, "Difficult to stop turning the pages... Elliott keeps you enthralled throughout the book."

                      Retired NIS/NCIS S/A who was stationed and worked with the author, " The book was like going back in time... Reliving some of my NIS time."

                      A North Carolina newspaper editor reviewed the book and said, " The paperback is fun and breezy... Readers will enjoy Elliott's retro observations."

                      The Star News of Wilmington, NC said, "Fans of Jethro Gibbs, the tough, laconic NCIS Special Agent on CBS' hit series NCIS, might enjoy Mike      Blackstone, the hero of Southport resident WIlliam Craig Elliott's adventure novels.

                                              ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

                     LT Elliott retired from the US Navy with over 20 years of global experience. During that time he served as a NIS S/A, a naval aviator, an intelligence                    operative and Intelligence Officer for the Navy's special operations forces, the SEALS.

                     After retirement, he was a licensed NC private investigator. He caught the acting bug and was a police officer on the television series Matlock starring

               the late Andy Griffith as well as in other TV and movie roles filmed in Wilmington, NC.

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