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Before the Unit: The Recruiting of Kevin Banks

By Annefox

The prequel to The Unit series, Before the Unit: The Recruiting of Kevin Banks is the backstory of how the unit operative code-named “Spud” found himself first in the Secret Service’s Presidential Protective Detail and then found himself joining the law enforcement team known only as “the unit”. As he tells his story to his wife, “Hank”—the woman who is the team’s sniper—you get to ride along with him in The Beast with the president he most admired. His tale begins with what first made him consider joining the Secret Service, moves to how he ended up in the Presidential Protective Detail, and then to his experiences protecting a no-nonsense and fearless president whose forays into potentially dangerous situations kept Kevin continuously on edge. It ends with how he stepped from one high-octane job into another as an operative in a federal law enforcement team so clandestine that its members deaths are faked. Last but not least, you learn just what it was that won him his curious code name: "Spud."