Scott Karl

Writer of thrillers. Son of God. Husband. Father. Veteran.

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“There was an honesty to ranch work I appreciated. A broken fence didn't lie about being broken. A cow didn't pretend to like you. The weather didn't care who you'd once been. Work needed done. You did it. Simple. Simple as war had been."

DEVICES TO KILL
A Thomas Reed Novel

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I love seeing Tom in this role but a little disappointed I'm late, or early depending how you look at it, getting him to play Thomas Reed.

[The Terminal List @TerminalListPV]

Raife Hastings is here to make a statement. Tom Hopper is back for The Terminal List Season 2, returning October 21.

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@realtalkstruth Absolutely. My next question would be, "Wanna go to the range?"

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@FabbriniTrixie @JackCarrUSA @MarkGreaneyBook Please check my pinned post for reference. I'm just looking for something more professional. Although, I'm open to ideas that can carry thematically across a series.

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Looking for book cover artist that can produce something that looks like it sits beside @JackCarrUSA or @MarkGreaneyBook at the book store. Someone experienced with military thrillers. No AI

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@JackCarrUSA @MarkGreaneyBook For reference

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@lhallwriter Neowestern military thriller.

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@JackCarrUSA Ready to see Reece back in action alongside Rafe

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American Sniper. As a veteran, few movies strike a familiarity in my soul like this movie.

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Name a movie you've watched at least 5 times and would still watch again tonight if it came on.
No overthinking

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@J0hnADouglas Congrats, brother. Prayers will never be in vain. All is in God's plan and timing.

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@quinnBiblid3 My goal in writing thriller will always be to have an edge of reality to my stories

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One reality show. Two deadly games. And one man who never agreed to play.
America is captivated by a new reality survival show. Contestants are dropped into the wilderness, cameras follow their every move, and millions tune in to watch ordinary people push themselves to their limits.

But someone else is watching.

Behind the scenes, a second competition has begun. One the contestants never signed up for. Hunters and hunted, their every move broadcast live to an audience with a far darker appetite for entertainment.

And neither side knows whose land they're on.

Nine miles outside Lewistown, Montana, former Army soldier Thomas Reed has traded twelve years of military service for a quiet life raising cattle on his family's ranch. The days are long, the work is honest, and the mountains offer the kind of peace he once thought he'd never find.

Until he discovers a dead body on his property.

When Reed confronts a suspected murderer, he finds himself drawn into something far more dangerous than a trespassing dispute. Someone has turned his mountain into a killing ground, and the deeper he digs, the less he knows whom to trust.

Now Reed faces a choice: protect the land his father left him, or unleash the instincts he's spent years trying to leave behind.

But as the cameras roll and the body count rises, one thing becomes dangerously clear.

The people running the game never accounted for Thomas Reed.

DEVICES TO KILL
A Thomas Reed Novel

2027

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One thing I'm determined to get right with Thomas Reed:

He's not a soldier pretending to be a rancher. He's a rancher who happened to spend twelve years in the Army. The cattle, the land, the early morning...that's his life now. It's a lifestyle I love. Like me, the military shaped him. It doesn't define him.

Until his past becomes impossible to ignore.

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ON THIS DAY IN MILITARY HISTORY

On October 14, 1947, a 24-year-old American test pilot named Chuck Yeager did something no pilot had ever officially accomplished before.

He broke the sound barrier.

Flying the experimental Bell X-1 rocket-powered aircraft, nicknamed Glamorous Glennis after his wife, Yeager reached Mach 1.06 at approximately 45,000 feet above California's Mojave Desert.

What makes the story even more interesting is that just two nights earlier, Yeager had broken two ribs in a horseback riding accident.

He kept the injury quiet because he didn't want to be grounded. He was in so much pain that he couldn't close the aircraft's hatch normally. Another pilot helped him rig a broom handle to operate the latch.

And then he went out and made aviation history.

Yeager was already a decorated WWII fighter ace, having shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the war.

His achievement helped usher in a new era of supersonic flight, changing military aviation forever.

His story was later portrayed in the 1983 film The Right Stuff, with Sam Shepard playing Yeager.

One of those remarkable moments in history where courage, engineering, and a little stubbornness came together to accomplish something extraordinary.

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Around 600 American airmen were lost over enemy territory.

The mission became known as Black Thursday.

The losses were so devastating that American commanders were forced to reconsider sending bombers deep into Germany without long-range fighter protection.

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83 years ago today, American bomber crews took part in one of the deadliest missions in the history of the U.S. Eighth Air Force.

The mission was to strike German ball-bearing factories in Schweinfurt, Germany. These factories were important to the German war effort.

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291 B-17 Flying Fortresses took off for the mission. But there was a major problem.

Their fighter escorts couldn't accompany them all the way to the target. Once the escorts turned back, the bomber crews were left to fight their way through German air defenses alone.

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The Luftwaffe attacked repeatedly, and German anti-aircraft fire added to the destruction.

By the time the mission was over, 60 B-17s had been shot down. Another 17 were damaged beyond repair, and 121 required repairs.

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@J0hnADouglas I'll be praying for ya, brother!

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Glory to the greatest creator in history.

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The habits. The instincts. The things that stay with you long after you hang up the uniform.

But Thomas isn't me. He's a Montana rancher who spent twelve years in the Army. He's built a life around cattle, fences, and the land his father left him. His military service shaped him. It doesn't define him. That's the man I've built for DEVICES TO KILL.

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A little BTS on building Thomas Reed.

I'm an Army veteran. I served as a 12B Combat Engineer, with experience in Afghanistan involving ECP security, QRF, and mounted gunner duties.
When I started writing Thomas, I wanted his military background to feel lived-in, not Hollywood.