Book 3

In the middle of the night, a deputy director of the CIA takes flight to escape arrest on federal criminal charges. He takes sanctuary in Ecuador, where he is met by Russian intelligence.

In North Korea, a freighter transporting a crude nuclear device sets sail across the Pacific Ocean for Cuba.

In the Amazon Rainforest, a narco-terrorist prepares for one final mission that will throw the global economy and the political order of the Western Hemisphere into chaos.

Hampered by Washington politics, bureaucratic oversight, and an indecisive president, the director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service turns to an elite covert operator code named Cobra.

A Hint of What Book 3 Will be About

This informative article from last month offers a hint of what ground my upcoming book Cobra will cover.

On August 9, Peruvian forces captured two top-ranking commanders of the Shining Path Maoist guerrilla, following a series of offensives between the army and the insurgents. The events suggest that the insurgency is not extinct as previously thought, and remains a strong security threat for Peru.

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 I'll post Cobra's cover and plot summary here soon.

Tajikistan in the News

Tajikistan, the primary setting of Scorpion, has been in the news over the weekend after a battle broke out in the capital between government troops and gunmen aligned with the recently removed defense minister, who the government accused of allegiance to ISIS. Earlier this year, the head of Tajikistan's special forces defected to ISIS.

Tajikistan borders Afghanistan, lacks modern infrastructure and economic development, has unprotected borders, and is governed by a corrupt dictatorship that represses Islamic expression. Both the US and Russia are concerned that the former Soviet Republic could foster a future Islamic insurgency that can spill over into neighboring Central Asian countries. In the 1990s, Tajikistan faced a civil war between neo-communists and Muslim rebels.