John Edward Collins

The Interdictionist (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

1969

THE COLD WAR IS IN FLUX.

While Nixon balances Soviet détente by opening relations with China, Combat Controller Jake Crowley is in the jungles of Honduras, leading a joint operation to crush leftist guerillas threatening American interests. Crowley experiences the brutality of warfare for the first time as he fights to gain control of a key airfield.

After the mission, Crowley is told that a matter of national security requires his expertise in air traffic control at an NSA unit in West Germany. The catch? A Soviet spy reads Crowley's orders and becomes suspicious. He sends a coded message to Moscow, and the KGB dispatches their henchmen to counter the NSA's move.

Crowley prevails and manages to complete his military intelligence training, marries his fiancé, Anna Maria, as planned, and together they travel to West Germany. As Crowley begins work at the NSA Surveillance and Warning Center, his wife secures a position at the armed forces newspaper headquarters.

The clock runs down, the Soviet KGB closes in, and the Crowleys have to confront a shadow war where it is difficult to distinguish friends from foe. Meanwhile, his day job demands his concentration to hack into Soviet radar tracking before their wonder weapon is deployed and changes the balance of power forever.

In his debut novel, Collins presents a kaleidoscope of globetrotting scenes, as men, women, military weapons and police forces play their roles in an intricate series of battles, individual acts of heroism, intrigue, tragedy and triumph.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Warpath Press
• Seitenzahl: 357
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781998501526
• Artikelnr.: 75259414

Autorenporträt

In 1969, my wife and I traveled to West Germany courtesy of the U.S. Air Force, where I served as a military operative for the National Security Agency. Rising to a non-commissioned officer rank, I worked as a cryptologist, signal intelligence analyst, and computer programmer. My wife worked for the Stars and Stripes newspaper in its Darmstadt headquarters. When not at work, we traveled extensively in Europe, with Darmstadt's central location as our base. As a Staff Sergeant, my responsibilities included the tasking and supervision of a 7X24 surveillance and warning operation utilizing on-line, real-time computers to gather signal intelligence. This was the dawn of cyber warfare, and my team was in the thick of it. On completion of my tour of duty, my experience in the Air Force led to my civilian career as a computer system architect, where I designed and led the development of systems for medical, publishing, banking, and marketing database platforms. At night, I went to school on the GI Bill and a New York State Regent's Scholarship to earn my Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management and Communication from Adelphi University. I still regard my work for the NSA as the hardest and most exciting job in my long career.