From filmmaker, memoirist, and former Navy SEAL Remi Adeleke, on the heels of his featured roles in the hit filmPlaneand in FoxsSpecial Forces: Worlds Toughest Test, comes the first installment in the pulse-pounding Black Box Thriller series, featuring Nigerian-born and New York-raised Kali Kent and the top-secret Black Box programperfect for readers of Jack Carr, Mark Greaney, and Brad Taylor.

When a mysterious former South African commando, Lucas Van Groot, begins taking wealthy hostages all over the world, it appears at first to be a typical ransom gambit. However, it soon becomes clear that his Hostage Inc. venture is manipulating worldwide stock markets and threatening global economic collapse

Enter Black Box, the CIAs elite, secret special operations branchso surreptitious that not even the Director of CIA is fully privy to the units activities. Black Box is composed of highly skilled agents who perform with precision:

• Chameleons who can transform into myriadcharacters,
• Ghosts who are specialists in stealth and surveillance,
• Wind operatives who are transportation experts, and
• Aberrationagents whose specialty is deep cover for years.

Kali Kent, a Nigerian born and Bronxite Chameleon in the Black Box program, leads the hunt for Van Groot. Tracking this ringleader and his cadre of international criminals, the team discovers the South African mastermind is after a much larger prize and the race is on to prevent a worldwide tragedy.

Along the way, Kali will have to face the demons from his childhood and reflect on his emotional path that made him the Chameleon that he is today.