Peter Shadowhawk

The Knights of the Cold War and the Road to Bin Laden Peter Shadowhawk 1st edition

The first in a sweeping series by master storyteller Peter Shadowhawk explores Washington?s out-of-control covert foreign policy, The Knights of the Cold War and The Road to Bin Laden will in turns terrify you, shock you, make you think, and have you laughing out loud at the stark reality that the world of espionage is behind far more than you know. In 1962 William Hampstead, the CIA Director of European operations opens a secret base in Liberia, West Africa to engineer the ULTIMATE Cold War weapon. Released accidently by the Monster, psychotic CIA agent Emile Beaucroix its release threatens to plunge the world into war. One can never have too much fun! But in the game there are also good dragons. CIA operatives William Hogan and Max George aided by the free-wheeling army intelligence officer, the Shadow form an unlikely alliance with KGB Special Operations Chief Slava Kurnov to kill Beaucroix the Monster. By doing this, they agree to keep the Cold War cool and prevent the heat of war. The AIDS virus is now loose on the world and President JFK orders the base closed and evidence destroyed, but William Hampstead has other plans. Soon the world would count one less altar boy, and William Hampstead will pick the new king. In this intense, fast-paced, spy-versus-spy tale, one CIA agent takes it upon himself to bring an end, once and for all, to the communist menace?by engineering the ultimate biological weapon. In a world of lies and deceit, where arrogance and egos run rampant, the AIDS virus is unleashed and you won?t be able to tear yourself away from finding out the chilling truth. The Knights of the Cold War and The Road to Bin Laden slashes through social ills such as bigotry and third-world exploitation as sharply as it stabs at the excesses of the world of espionage. A master of suspense, Shadowhawk creates a fascinatingly complex web of interrelationships between spies and events that are frightening, sexy, thought-provoking, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Action-packed and filled with surprises at every turn, this book will keep you constantly reassessing what you thought you knew. Shadowhawk?s insights into how homophobia, racism, arrogance, and pure greed are the underlying forces that drive world events hit so close to home that readers will wonder who really runs the show in the complex world we live in.