Market Based Solutions or: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Operation Iraqi Freedom

Cris Fehr isn't your typical mercenary. He only works for the underdogs and the downtrodden, taking the jobs too risky and too poorly financed for anyone else. He's got a reputation of fighting for things other than money, and it's well earned. He's also just found his dream job. Out in the Central Asian steppe, a rogue weapons development facility has fallen into the hands of armed extremists, and the United States Government wants Fehr to find out what's inside. There's only one catch: he'd be working for a man he swore he'd never serve under again. Compromising his ideals this one time, he takes his team of highly trained experts and descends into a lethal web of geopolitics and heavily armed opponents. As he enters the dark heart of the facility, each step reveals more secrets and more danger. But nothing could prepare him for what waits at the very bottom...