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Mike is also a retired USAF Colonel, and in his 25-year OSI career, he has literally
“seen it all.” When he was a young Special Agent in northern California he worked a number
of undercover narcotics operations targeting Air Force jet mechanics who were using, selling, and distributing a variety of
narcotics . Following a firm grounding in criminal investigations, to include, murder, arson, and child
crime cases, Mike began to specialize in counterintelligence operations. During his career he held thirteen
different assignments worldwide, with most of his overseas time in the Far East and Middle East. In 1996
he took command of all OSI units in the Middle East where he was responsible for operations in 23 countries.
He established groundbreaking concepts for the conduct of counterterrorism programs that led the way to current operations
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
When Mike retired in 2007, he was the Commander of OSI Region 8, Air Force Space
Command, Peterson AFB, Colorado. He was responsible for all OSI criminal investigations and counterintelligence
operations at thirteen Air Force Space Command locations in the United States.
In retirement, he is pursuing his passion – writing thriller novels.
His career as a USAF Special Agent prepared him well for this “second career,” and in particular, his years
of running investigations involving child victims moved him to develop the Child Finder trilogy.
According to the book description of Child
Finder, it “gets its inspiration from Angley’s long, multifaceted career where he was able to experience
the full gamut of felony-level criminal investigations, as well as dangerous counterintelligence and counterterrorism operations
around the world. His second novel, Child Finder: Resurrection will debut in the fall, 2009, followed by the third story
in the trilogy, Child Finder: Revelation in late 2010.
Child Finder, the debut novel by Colonel Michael
“Mike” Angley (USAF, ret), launches his new mystery/suspense thriller trilogy. Angley introduces a protagonist
as tough as 24’s Jack Bauer, but with the endearing, family-values heart of 7th Heaven’s Eric Camden—Special
Agent Patrick S. O’Donnell…an early-thirties Air Force Major assigned to the Pentagon when the 9/11 terrorist
attacks take place. His haunting dreams about missing children reveal a hidden psychic gift which the government eagerly
exploits, drawing him into a TOP SECRET program to find abducted kids. But to make matters complicated, Uncle Sam has
other ideas in mind for his unique paranormal talents…after all, there is a War on Terror underway. One thing’s
for sure—ever since joining this new, secret community, he is surrounded by murder, and the very real threat of harm
to his own family!
O’Donnell is a man of deep faith and is a loving
and devoted husband and father. He must make tough ethical choices in order to balance his desire to rescue children
with what he knows to be right and wrong when it comes to what the government expects him to do. And all the while he
threads through this murky moral morass, he must solve the murders that occurred because of him, while protecting his family
who have become trapped in a twisted web of government intrigue.”
On reader of Child Finder
said, “Child Finder is a gripping tale that combines the psychic world with the oft-times political world in which law
enforcement agencies battle over turf at the expense of innocents. Angley's ability to give the reader a behind the scenes
look at what happens behind closed government doors is an eye opener. His character development is superb, from the protagonist
to the most obscure bit player. I thoroughly enjoyed this thriller. He had me on the edge of my seat at several junctures,
causing me to read on and on. I look forward to the follow-up in the series.”
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