By Nina Bruhns

The STORM acronym stands for Strategic Technical Operations and Rescue Missions, a non-governmental spec ops outfit. Used mainly by private companies and individuals to recover and defend hostages and other assets, they were occasionally hired by governments—including the US—to carry out ultra-sensitive or controversial special operations in locations where official government agencies couldn’t or wouldn’t go. The STORM Transporter Division is less than two years old, but already it has gained a reputation around the world for having the best drivers in the business. Former Marine Special Operations Intelligence Battalion sergeant Darryl Bachman hopes to be one of them. But his qualification test assignment of picking up some mousy lab geek at the airport and transporting her to a meeting turns out not to be the piece of cake he'd imagined. Despite the Ferrari dream car.