In December 2001, CIA paramilitary operative Matt Garrett is mysteriously pulled from Pakistan as he closes in for the kill of Al Qaeda senior leadership and is reassigned to a low-profile mission in the Philippines. But as he sifts through the wreckage of a downed C-130 in the tangled jungle, he finds a dead U.S. Special Forces paratrooper who is not supposed to be there and is thrown into a contest of wits and resiliency in the uncharted rainforests of Mindanao.

Manipulated by the secret plans of a powerful quartet of upper-echelon Rolling Stones groupies in Washington, DC, Garrett and U.S. Armed Forces establish their bona fides as true patriots on the cutting edge of freedom as they struggle for survival against the rising tide of Islamic extremism and the reemergence of the Empire of the Sun in the ever-expanding Global War on Terror.

In the stunning prequel to his award-winning novel Rogue Threat, A.J. Tata creates an uncanny sense of presence on and off the battlefield in Sudden Threat, a novel rife with conspiracy, diplomatic double-talk, betrayal, loyalty, valor and honor.

"One of my favorite authors, A.J. Tata is the new Tom Clancy. Only someone who has actually operated in the deadly netherworld of international military intrigue could write a book this gripping. Sudden Threat is electrifying." -- Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Patriot

"Tata takes intrigue and re-shapes it for the post 9-11 era. He's the new Tom Clancy." -- Stel Pavlou, international bestselling author of Decipher and Gene

"A chilling glance into the dark heart of fundamentalism, A.J. Tata captures perfectly the new paranoia of our time. The threat is huge, the action exhilarating. Tata stands at the forefront of the new breed of thriller writers. This is the stuff our fears are made of. Brilliant." -- Steven Savile, international bestselling author of Primeval: Shadow of the Jaguar

"Every military thriller writer wants to be compared to Tom Clancy, but to be called better? That's what A.J. Tata is hearing about his first work... ...his books, filled with terrorist tales, are very realistic." -- Paul Bedard, US News & World Report on Rogue Threat

A.J. Tata graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1981 and currently serves as a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. He has commanded a paratrooper battalion in the 82nd Airborne Division and an air assault brigade in the 101st Airborne Division. Most recently he was the deputy commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division and Combined /Joint Task Force-76 in Afghanistan. BG Tata has deployed on combat missions and operations in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia, Panama and the Philippines. He has been awarded the Combat Action Badge and Bronze Star, is a Master Parachutist and graduate of the U.S. Army's Ranger School. Tony served as a National Security Fellow at Harvard University's JFK School of Government and has an M.A. in International Relations from the Catholic University of America. Previously published under the pseudonym Aiden Rocke, Tony is married and currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia.