ISBN: 0963925091 9780963925091

Category: History / United States / 20th Century

Page count: 352

Novel. Historical political-military thriller, issued in conjunction with 20th anniversary of the Iran-contra scandal. Endorsed by former Senator and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen. At the end of the Vietnam War (1975), in Saigon, 11 men secretly commit a crime of historic proportions that will link the fates of two groups of hostages: U.S. POW/MIAs in Vietnam and U.S. hostages in the Middle East nine years later who find themselves at the heart of the Trans-Contra scandal. In 1984, an American hostage in Beirut is being tortured for information. If he talks, his revelations could disrupt POW/MIA negotiations, destroy a billion dollar financial empire, and bring down the U.S. President. Efforts to silence the hostage, prevent the discovery of an old crime, and cover up responsibility for the Iran-Contra scandal trigger a rocket ride of deception, daring-do, and death. At the center of the action ex-CIA agents Ed Holloway and Donna Goodwin stumble onto long-buried secrets as they try to save the President and match wits with cunning women, cool assassins, crooked Swiss bankers, and agents from the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, and Vietnamese intelligence.