PAUL DECKER

Full Name:	Paul Decker
Nationality:	American
Organization:	U.S.Army
Occupation	Other - Military Officer

Creator:	Jeffry Weiss
Time Span:	2015 - 2020

ABOUT THE SERIES

       Paul Decker is an officer in the U.S. Army.
       And an agent of the CIA.
       And a rebel.
       And maybe who knows. It gets very, very confusing.
       When we first meet him he is a Captain in the Army who has the job of carrying the nuclear football wherever the Vice President goes [note, this is the first I've heard of the VP having such a person so I am assuming poetic license is in play]. He is also a drunk. From the way it is described, he spends most of his off-time feeling sorry for himself and drowning his sorrows in tequila. In our introduction, we find him pouring out his last bottle determined that it would stop now but he did take a final shot beforehand so the prognosis is not good.
       Why he is a Captain is not known because we learn of the many, many years of exemplary service he has given his country to the detriment of his marriage and his family so you would expect his rank to be considerably higher than O-3, especially since we learn he is very near the end of his career.
       "Paul was a tall man, roughly hewn, but considered handsome on some plane. Like an unfinished piece of sculpture, he was sharp edges not yet rounded off. It was not simply massiveness he conveyed; it was also a sense that he would not allow age to overcome him. He was designed by a good architect rather than a skilled painter." We also learn that "he didn't know if he had any good qualities, or fight, left in him."
       Furthermore, it is said in the second adventure we have that "he was, first and foremost, an adept soldier, a poor excuse as a husband and father second, and lastly, a very proficient drunk. He achieved most of his success as an alcoholic. Yet he had the best training ever provided by the army. A ranger, yes, but much more. He was a new breed of soldier. He may have started out as a grunt in the field, but had developed an understanding of computers the Internet, and the capability of conducting cyber warfare. He was the first 21st century warrior: a 6'2" piece of granite, still working out every day with a vengeance in spite of the booze at night."
       So from all that we learn that while he seems a pretty lousy excuse for a man, he is, as I stated, an officer in the U.S. Army.
       But we also have adventures where he is an agent with the CIA. He was retiring from the Agency in one adventure and had just started his retirement in another.
       Still again when the country goes to hell in a hand basket, he becomes a rebel fighting to help bring back civil rights and so much more.

       One thing to know about the adventures of Paul Decker is as bad as things are in one adventure, they will be so much worse in the next.

BOOKS

Number of Books:	16
First Appearance:	2015
Last Appearance:	2020


1			The Go Code Protocol Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2015 A group known as 'Black Bear' strikes a terrorist blow on America's capital and in the mayhem steals the 'football', the briefcase holding the go codes to launch nuclear missiles. A lot of good people died and Paul Decker, the officer protecting it, was nearly one of them. Decker puts together his own team to get it back.

2			Web War One Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2015 A major cyber attack has brought the country to its knees. The Chinese are being suspected and a rich industrialist from there wants to start a war so he is planning on also sinking his own fleet of fishing ships to make it look like the U.S. Paul Decker is pulled from retirement to put together a team to stop it.

3			The Patriot Betrayal Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2015 The new U.S. President was elected on fears of China and Russia attacking America. Now civil liberties are being curtailed in the name of security. Paul Decker and his friends know they must break the previous President out of prison to help stop the current one.

4			The Cern Revelation Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2015 Strange things are happening at the CERN Laboratory in Geneva. Three researchers have vanished. Reports of apparitions are spreading. A portal to another dimension has opened and something very unnice has come through. Paul Decker joins with a particle physicist to set things right.

5			The Euro Option Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2015 A European economist has been fired and he wants to get even. He plans on shorting the Euro and then killing the three people controlling the E.U., causing major destabilization and making a fortune. Paul Decker and a gorgeous Mossad agent give chase.

6			The Eugenics Solution Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2015 The group 'Friends of the Planet' have decided that America must pay for destroying the world's resources. To do this, they are going to send a devastating EM frequency from their satellites through Wifi towers and killing those in the cities, leaving farmers save to feed the world. Paul Decker and a team is out to stop him.

7			Code 6 North of the DMZ Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2015 Paul Decker and a small team sneak into North Korea to free as many prisoners from a major reeducation camp as they can in the first stage of a plan that will include kidnapping Kim Jung-un.

8			We The People Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2015 For the past 6 years the constitution has been suspended. Chips are embedded in the arms of the citizens. Listening devices are in every home. Paul Decker and a small band of rebels are fighting to stop the new brand of Nazi control.

9			The Neanderthal Regression Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2015 A geneticist has come up with a way to infuse Neanderthal DNA into a virus which infects humans and begins the process of reverting them to a previous evolutionary state. A woman who works with the mad scientist appeals to Paul Decker to help stop him.

10			To Live And Die In Juarez Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2015 Paul Decker has retired from the Agency and started a new family. Then a horrible attack by a major Mexican drug cartel ends that new life. Now Decker is out to start his own war on drugs.

11			The Mouth Of Allah Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2015 America has elected a new president but that man's promise of an inclusive government hides the fact that he plans to introduce sharia law in the U.S. He is planning to use a major outbreak of Ebola to be a help. Paul Decker and his group plan otherwise.

12			Changing of the Tides Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2016 For many years the corrupt Mexican government has been allowing its major corporations to pour toxic waste into the Rio Grande. A plague breaks out and Mexico is quarantined which fits that leadership just fine. Paul Decker would not have gotten involved but his daughter is kidnapped and is being taken across the border.

13			Year Of The Crocodile Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2017 Boko Haram has made a thriving business out of raiding villages in Africa, killing the adult males and kidnapping the women and children for sale as slaves or turning into child soldiers. No nation has yet mounted a major attack on them but Paul Decker decides to try his hand at it.

14			The Order Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2018 The organization behind a series of supposed suicides calls itself the Order and it is determined to create one unified government in the world with it as the power. Its leader claims to be 115 years old. Paul Decker and Rebecca Novak decide to look into the group.

15			The Death Zone Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2019 ISIS wants to get its hands on the deadly Marburg virus and is planning on using it to kill millions in a last ditch effort to save itself. The President sends Paul Decker to Nepal where the virus has been transported. He sends along a biologist who knows how to handle the virus once found. Unfortunately, she is also a member of the extremist group Army of Justice and they have their own plans.

16			The Kremlin Insider Written by Jeffry Weiss Copyright: 2020 The leader of Russia is planning on attacking and retaking the Baltic States. To keep America from stepping in, it has armed Iran who is in turning arming factions to strike against the U.S. to keep it occupied. The U.S. President decides the Russian President must go and he send Paul Decker to get it down.

MY COMMENTS

       Back in the 40's through the 70's, super-prolific author John Creasey gave up stories about Dr. Palfrey, a scientist turned spy turned goodness knows what else who fought all sorts of horrible bad guys and even work disasters, natural or otherwise. One adventure had the world suffering a horrible flood and the next, it seemed, a devastating drought. Pretty impressive spread of calamities.
       This series seems to be 2015's answer. The things the country goes through and then gets better (maybe) and then more bad things happen. No President is worth a darn except the first one and he got thrown in prison. Paul Decker is there to fight another day, every day, and seems to be a drunk through a whole lot of it.
       I tried to give this series a chance but failed. Early on, I failed.

GRADE

My Grade: C+

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