A prequel to her book Adrenaline Rush, author Bevin Goldsmith returns with Adrenaline Rush: Pain Games. When Katie Molsin takes the Oath of Enlistment in the United States Army, she quickly learns to 'embrace the suck.' This origin story follows Katie's progression from basic training to her deployment in Iraq, driving her to continually perfect her warfighter skills and develop a true love for law enforcement. Hand-selected to lead Female Engagement Teams, she excels at capturing high-value targets, ultimately leading her to join the Special Forces team, The Black Devils. When a terrorist organization threatens American lives in Iraq, the Black Devils are tasked with finding the leaders and eliminating the threat. Working alongside her love interest Alex and confronted with the loss of a team member to an IED, Kate embraces her iron-clad resilience. She's given three days to capture three enemy combatants by the Ops Commander. Her singular thought: “When messing with the Black Devils, the cost of penance is high.” ★★★★★ "Sharp, irreverent, and brutally honest—Bevin Goldsmith's Pain Games captures the chaos, grit, and dark humor of military life with a voice that refuses to flinch." - Literary Titan