Bøger af Michael Ferrara

In this Cold War thriller, five American soldiers have been brainwashed by Russia to act as double agents. Colonel Brick Autry knows that there are five ticking time bombs out there, but he has no clue when or where they will go off! Autry, introduced in Michael Ferrara's first novel, The Land of the Million Elephants, is still recovering from the trauma he suffered in the jungles of Vietnam when he was powerless to save his best friend. To cope, the military man throws himself into his work on the National Security Council. He is one of the first to know about the dangerous double agents. And the United States isn't the only superpower worried about the spies. One of these "Sons of Lubyanka" has turned rogue and is threatening to take down both America and Russia in his insane schemes. As Autry tracks the five across Europe, he grows closer to Briana Little, an FBI agent also assigned the case. Their relationship gives Autry hope for his future, but first he will have to confront his past and bury his ghosts once and for all.

Drawing from his experiences in the United States Air Force flying support missions in Laos during the Vietnam War, author Michael Ferrara makes his fiction debut with The Land of the Million Elephants-a thrilling spy novel that mixes action, adventure, and mystery in the Laotian theater of the Vietnam War Acting on orders from President Nixon and the head of the CIA himself, young agency operative Mark Knight sets out to stop the North Vietnamese drug trade in Laos and neutralize its catastrophic impact on US forces. He works with a team that includes a Hmong warrior, a Pentagon intelligence whiz, two decorated fighter pilots, and a very beautiful Laotian woman who acts as an assistant to the US ambassador. As Knight and his team get closer to unraveling the mystery, they discover the existence of a spy and a traitor to American war efforts-someone who will go to any length to protect their identity and secrets. Intriguing and intelligent, The Land of the Million Elephants sheds light on a little-known part of the Vietnam War, providing insightful social commentary in the form of a thrilling spy novel.