Nuclear Spies

Nuclear Russia probes the juncture of history of science and technology, political and cultural history, and environmental history. It considers the atom in Russian society as a reflection of Leninist technological utopianism, Cold War imperatives, scientific hubris, public acceptance, and a state desire to conquer nature. Furthermore the audiobook examines the vital – and perhaps unexpected – significance of ethnicity and gender in nuclear history by looking at how Kazakhs and Nenets lost their homelands and their health in Russia in the wake of nuclear testing.

Of the many aircraft carriers built by the United States since World War II, none have been successfully attacked by an aggressor. Not yet, that is. It is the final port call during the first deployment of a new US Navy aircraft carrier. There is no better place for a week of shore leave than an allied port way down south on the 42nd parallel. It’s quiet, friendly, out-of-the-way—perfect—because nothing ever happens here. But the location is ideal for another nation too—a superpower with strategic ambitions. It is perfect for an unthinkable attack where the Americans would not ...

Some people feared the spy balloon, but the idea of some anonymous, low-ranking Chinese soldier staring at her through the high powered cameras filled Sheila with an uncontrollable urge. An urge to show whoever was watching that there is more to America than highways and army bases. This exhibitionist erotic short-story is about 7000 words long.

The United States and North Korea have been in a de facto state of war for nearly seventy years. Supreme Threat is set in the first few months of 2021. The world has been grappling with COVID-19 for a year during an uncertain period when an outgoing U.S. president courted the North Koreans while the incoming president admonished them. For years North Korea has dispatched illegal agents to the United States via third countries where they have been busy establishing fifth columns capable of inflicting damage from close quarters, should the need arise. While North Korea's leaders taunt the U.S...

It's politics as usual in New York City when Larry MacIver, world renowned criminologist, is tapped by NYC Mayor Ruth Newberg to save NYC from a second 9/11 attack. Will it be nuclear? Will it be bio? MacIver and his geeky assistant Manish Das must overcome FBI ineptitude, CIA intrigue and, most of all, the evil and ruthless Iranian terrorist Shalah Muhammud, to save the city. Written under the pen name of Colin Heston by a criminologist of international repute, this gripping and sometimes comical story offers a glimpse into the real world of counter terrorism. It would be funny, if it ...

It is 1992 in Warsaw, Poland, and the communist era has just ended. A series of grisly murders suddenly becomes an international case when it's feared that the victims may have been couriers smuggling nuclear material out of the defunct Soviet Union. The FBI sends an agent to help with the investigation. When he learns that a Russian physicist who designed a portable atomic bomb has disappeared, the race is on to find him - and the bomb - before it ends up in the wrong hands.

In Washington, D.C., a CIA analyst traces the sale of black market plutonium. As the pieces fit together, he realizes that a terrorist attack is under way on a valuable, and vulnerable, American target. He also sees that the Sojourner Truth is sailing right into the attack, putting his estranged wife, the second in command on the Sojourner, at the heart of an international crisis.

As a Federal DSA Agent, Brady Kinin has been on that razor's edge before... So often, he may as well call it a home away from home. But this time it seems things have become precarious. From the hallowed halls of the CIA to the scintillating streets of Panama City, adventure has never been quite this breathtaking. The latest in the Kinin Chronicles, The Last Blind Curve takes everyone's favorite DSA agent Brady Kinin on a hair-raising ride around the world. Near misses. Death defying odds. Potential double crosses. All in a day's work. From pulse-pounding action sequences to breathtaking ...