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Civilian Henry Feather

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PART ONE ~ 1 ~ Henry Feather was a killer. But not just any old kind of killer going nuts on a Saturday night and beating someone to death or mowing them down in his car on a dark suburban street. Or even fighting hand-to-hand like a soldier in a war. No, Henry was much more methodical than that. But then again, he was trained to be that way.   When Henry was about fifteen years old, his father, Tom Feather, believing him to be incorrigible, used his political influence, which was formidable since he was a US Senator, to get Henry into West Point, where they not only made a man out of Henry, but they groomed him for an eventual career in either the army or Marines as a sniper. Henry entered West Point as a thin, introverted teenager. But once he had figured out the lay of the land and what he would have to do to get where he wanted to go, he realized that he would not only have to be mentally sharp, but he also needed to be in excellent physical shape.   Year after year, for t...