Larry Croft

In Your Ear A Tale of Telephone Terror Larry Croft

Lew Barry, a nationally known radio talk show host, news columnist and public speaker of inherited wealth visits the powerful Baxter Perry King at King's request; once there, he meets retired three-star U. S. Army General Fred Sparks, renowned for having brought down a terrorist leader who was the single greatest threat to the United States. The three engage in a serious discussion relating to advance knowledge King and Sparks have about a group that will cause the most damaging act of terror ever thrust upon the United States. Barry learns King has been hired by the U. S. government to capture the group. King, in turn, hires Sparks, who owns and operates a terrorist survival training school. Then Barry learns what the citizens do not yet know: a terrorist group known as IYE (In Your Ear) has effectively shut down a Cleveland call center by inflicting telephone operators with tinnitus during telephone calls. Further, intense fear exists in high places that IYE will "infect" telephone lines throughout the country, causing the citizens to shy away from telephones. Knowing such a fear will bring the wheels of commerce to a crawl, King and Sparks solicit Barry to infiltrate the group by using his radio program as a vehicle. So Barry, a former U. S. Navy SEAL, looking for a return to the center stage of action and intrigue, accepts their offer. But soon he has second thoughts as he becomes concerned with risking the safe and comfortable lifestyle he has established for himself and his family over the years. Barry's hesitancy is proven to be well-founded, as his rash decision soon thrusts him into more danger than he'd ever bargained for in this thrill-a-minute action/ adventure...where nothing is ever what it seems.