title: The Catalyst: A Chapter in the Mallory Chronicles (The Mallory Chronicles series)
author:  Ron Speers 
description: With three previous books in print, Howard Lawson is a former carrier based Navy fighter pilot qualified in over 30 types of military and civilian aircraft.For more than twenty years Ron Speers was TOP SECRET cleared for the black world of the intelligence community as a Director of Logicon, a principal supplier of highly classified services.
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  # Renegade
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Mallory McCartney
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![Clean Reads](../images/00003.jpeg)
  
  
  ![Clean Reads](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](part0005.html#4OIQ0-09c1c42e747b48eab77b94ca3cd7ca37)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part I](part0006.html#5N3C0-09c1c42e747b48eab77b94ca3cd7ca37)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0007.html#6LJU0-09c1c42e747b48eab77b94ca3cd7ca37)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0008.html#7K4G0-09c1c42e747b48eab77b94ca3cd7ca37)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0009.html#8IL20-09c1c42e747b48eab77b94ca3cd7ca37)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0010.html#9H5K0-09c1c42e747b48eab77b94ca3cd7ca37)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0011.html#AFM60-09c1c42e747b48eab77b94ca3cd7ca37)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0012.html#BE6O0-09c1c42e747b48eab77b94ca3cd7ca37)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0013.html#CCNA0-09c1c42e747b48eab77b94ca3cd7ca37)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0014.html#DB7S0-09c1c42e747b48eab77b94ca3cd7ca37)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0015.html#E9OE0-09c1c42e747b48eab77b94ca3cd