An Occupational Hazard
Fisher lived outside Germantown, Maryland, about thirty minutes northwest of Washington, in a small farmhouse surrounded by two acres of red maple and pine. He’d tried living a normal bachelor life: a townhouse, socializing with neighbors, sitting around the pool…. But he’d quickly admitted what he already knew in the back of his mind: He wasn’t much of a people person. Not that he disliked people per se, but he had a limited tolerance for most of them.
It was a hazard that came with the job. Dealing with the worst of men in the worst of situations tended to change you. Living in the condo, Fisher had found himself mentally dissecting both his neighbors and his surroundings: threat or not threat; likely ambush sites; clear lines of fire…. Living on the razor’s edge, while often exciting, was also all-consuming. You didn’t survive long in special operations without fully immersing yourself in that world.
Not having a home where he could let down his guard and decompress had gotten very old, very quickly.
Extract is from the book Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Checkmate
by David Michaels
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Berkley Books 2006.
Call Number: MIC
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