Bøger af Aidan De Vries

THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA have elected as their first president the principal proponent of the merger between Canada and the U.S.A. The unification of the two nations has created an economic expansion of immense proportions. Ivan Welland, an early supporter of the President, has been chosen by the incoming administration to revamp the civil service and head up a new approach to immigration. His program of targeted recruitment of immigrants and merit-based government employment policies brings out a host of international and domestic detractors. Welland's battles with vicious enemies of democracy delve into the operations of insidious forces that employ suspicion, intrigue, and assassination to oppose the growth of a stronger, more prosperous North America. Learn how, and at what cost, Ivan Welland suffers personally by placing his country first, regardless of how divergent his hopes and ambitions may be.

Dr. Ivan Welland, in response to the economic crises in the U.S., decides to take on the challenge of curing the ills that have caused the problems. He leads his non-profit Foundation for Democracy Research into a study of the alphabet soup of regulatory agencies responsible for the economy. We learn about the functions and failings of the SEC, Fed, FDIC, IRS, BIS, OMB, and the network of complexities under which our economy barely survives. Along the way we discover a plot to defraud the U.S. Treasury of TARP funds intended to save a bank from insolvency. The reader is led into the center of a corruption scheme which, if successful, will be the largest known embezzlement in history. This is the sixth cautionary thriller by Aidan de Vries. It takes us where we need to go to understand the risks that threaten the economic pillars of our democratic system.

When the new President takes office, Dr. Ivan Welland's term as Secretary of Defense is over. He agrees to chair the Foundation for Democracy Research, whose mandate is to design a presidential election system that will better serve America. Welland is soon involved in secret machinations that take place out of sight of the voters, but that have immense consequences for Americans. Dr. Welland's effort to restore democracy, amend the Constitution, and force the corrupt and treasonous President to return to the principles of the founding fathers becomes a deadly adventure that takes the reader into the realm of murderous power mongers, FBI investigations, and federal prosecutions by the U.S. Attorney. This thought-provoking cautionary tale is the fifth political thriller by Aidan de Vries. It may be almost prescient in its reflection of possible future events, and is certain to challenge every reader's ideas of what democracy is and should be.

WHEN IVAN WELLAND discovers that the freedom of the press provision of the Bill of Rights is about to be exploited by an international media conglomerate, he is forced to come to terms with what may be some basic flaws in the American democratic system. His investigative team delves into the world of international mergers and acquisitions, and discovers that the people in control of words and graphics can be at least as worrisome to the Department of Defense as terrorists armed with guns and bombs. Is the media obligated to report the truth, or does the First Amendment protect a reporter's right to twist the facts? Is America what it was meant to be, or is it only a reflection of the hidden agendas of various interested parties? In this fourth political thriller by Aidan de Vries, hero Ivan Welland is cast into a dangerous void where appearance and reality become blurred. The reader is challenged, along with Ivan, to re-examine the meaning and perception of truth, and how it should be presented to the public.

After a meteoric rise in the Government, Ivan Welland is appointed Secretary of Defense by the newly-elected President. Realizing that defense is not possible until peace is secured, he evolves a plan whereby, with the help of his faithful team and some remarkable supporters, he is able to thwart the many enemies of global harmony and offer the President a brilliant new program to make peace and true defense a welcome reality for all.

When Captain Niko Constantine (able seaman and womanizer of note) is selected to command the largest cruise ship in the world, he looks forward to enjoying the most challenging, exciting journey of his life. But what he doesn't know is that a group of jihadist terrorists is plotting to turn the luxury liner's maiden voyage into a trip to hell. Once again Aiden de Vries has written a riveting story about Ivan Welland, the hero of "Council of Caliphs," who is suddenly called upon to save the carefree passengers from certain death. This time, right out of the blue, he and his team of Navy Seals are given some crucial assistance from an unexpected source.

When the State Department sends Harvard PhD student Ivan Welland to Chechnya, he sees it as a perfect chance to gather material for his dissertation. Little does he know that he will soon become involved with an imam in a local mosque who turns out to be one of the most dangerous Islamist jihadist terrorists in the Muslim world. Thus begins an exciting and challenging mission in the life of this bookish academic. He discovers the headquarters of a council of caliphs that directs terrorist attacks worldwide, and he uses his academic training to come up with a startling plan for mounting a successful counterterrorist attack on jihadists everywhere, while at the same time avoiding the tragedy of collateral damage.