Whiskey Lima Golf is set in the murky world of espionage where information is king and your allies are just as apt to stab you in the back, as are your enemies.
Tom Yelich is rebuilding his life after a devastating combat injury in Afghanistan which cut short his military career. PTSD flashbacks, depression and severe nerve damage while learning to walk again complicate his recovery.
While Tom was in hospital recovering, his ex-Commanding Officer and best friend are seconded to the SIS. On his return home to live with his grandfather, Koro, his only surviving relative, Tom gets drawn into the new Indo-Pacific Cold War being played out on the streets of his home town, Wellington. The new strategic hotbed of international espionage in the modern world, where the Great Powers enact their cat and mouse games.
Building a diverse team around him, utilizing his skills and contacts, Tom races to stop the activities of a foreign country. Failure will result in a major international incident that has the potential to discredit New Zealand and the United States and start another war in the Middle East.
Whiskey Lima Golf is the first book in an espionage/thriller series, weaving high stakes intrigue with personal growth and recovery as Tom navigates his way in the changing face of modern Aotearoa/New Zealand.
