"First in a series!" Of course it is! Judged by the title, it's a story about an xray technician.... "In the near future, Colonel Byron Shaw is sent after a group of insurgents" A colonel is in charge of a regiment - typically close to a thousand soldiers, so why is this guy going after the insurgents? And why is he wearing a James Dean leather jacket on the front cover instead of military fatigues? Or a lead cloak? Another unsurprising cover illustration/book description fail.