Second Chance chronicles the author's departure from a Special Agent's position with the esteemed Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation to a new appointment as an Agent of the United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). Providing counterintelligence support during the People's Power Revolution,international undercover assignments, countering espionage activities, duty aboard a US Aircraft Carrier, and deployment to a SW Asian War marked the"Ride."

As a young man, the Author served as an Army Paratrooper. Battlefield lessons forged the young Paratrooper into a Warrior. Dedication to his Country became his mission. Hardship and sacrifice became his life. True to his Mother's words, the Author "spent his life trying to recapture what he had as a Soldier."

S. R. Smith, "Steve" has spent his life as a Soldier and a Lawman. A veteran of Vietnam, Desert Storm, and the War on Terror, Steve is a retired N.C.I.S. Special Agent and lives in South Carolina. He currently splits time between training his beloved Labrador Retrievers, and writing stories about his life's experiences.