Crimson Echo: Shadows of Betrayal
Book 3 of the Australian SAS Talon Unit Series
By MJ Hawke
The war was never over. It just turned inward.
When a mass grave is discovered on the Timor-Leste coast-its victims showing signs of horrific experimentation-Australian SAS Talon Unit is thrust into their most personal and dangerous mission yet. The traffickers they thought they'd dismantled are back. But this time, the network is more ruthless, more sophisticated-and it's being fueled by someone on the inside.
As Commander Nate Harwood and his team race to uncover the truth, they unravel a conspiracy that stretches from Southeast Asia's blood-soaked jungles to the corridors of power in Canberra. Bioweapons engineered to target Australian DNA. Children used as living test subjects. And Victor Maddox-a ghost from their past-now commanding the network from the shadows.
With each step forward, the team finds themselves hunted, betrayed, and running out of time. Trust fractures. Safehouses burn. And the closer they get to the truth, the more they realise: the real enemy isn't just out there. It's one of them.
Crimson Echo is a brutal, high-octane thriller that rips the lid off covert warfare, human experimentation, and the price of loyalty in a world where the knife that kills you usually comes from inside.
