I had wanted to get my Trojan SMERSH novel out in time for the 2024 US presidential election. But, as it turns out, its release will more likely coincide with the second inauguration of Donald Trump – whose attempts to steal the 2020 election through a violent insurrection were the backdrop to my novel. The … Read more

On April 14th 1943, following Nazy Germany’s failed invasion of the USSR, Joseph Stalin ordered the creation of three separate Army or Naval counterintelligence agencies. Their mission was to eliminate all Nazi spies infiltrating the Soviet Union, along with any Soviet citizens suspected of defecting to Germany.  Together these three agencies operated under the umbrella … Read more

I’ve always loved to write stories. In many ways, certain characters I created became vessels for my various emotions. In the case of Sid Tanner, he became my vessel for my disillusionment. I had grown up watching movies about James Bond and Dick Tracy; reading the old Ian Fleming novels and Chester Gould comic strips … Read more