David Kent - The Triangle Conspiracy

They were both quiet for a long time. “No one has ever walked away from the department,” Yorkton finally said. “Never.”

“First time for everything,” Faith said. It was getting harder and harder to keep the bitterness out of her voice.

“We will watch you. You know that, don’t you?”

Faith shrugged.

“I think you’re about to be a very lonely young woman, Faith,” Yorkton said.

“I already am,” Faith said.

Yorkton tried one more time. “You can not just quit Department Thirty.”

“Watch me,” Faith said, turned the crutches around, and hobbled away.

David Kent is the author of four Department Thirty thrillers. His acclaimed debut novel, Department Thirty, was also one of the bestselling eBooks of 2003; other novels in the series include The Mesa Conspiracy, The Black Jack Conspiracy, which won the 2006 Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction and The Triangle Conspiracy. He grew up in Madill, Oklahoma, and is a former press secretary and media adviser to several congressional candidates. Under his real name of Kent Anderson, he worked as a broadcaster for twenty-seven years, and is now in marketing with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra. He has three sons, and lives in Oklahoma City.