When within the same thirty day period that my new historical/spy novel, THE DOUBLE-SIDED MAN went live on amazon.com (Navigator-Books, 2016), the unholy alliance of Russia and Syria cruelly escalated its attacks on civilian regions of Aleppo, Russia stepped up its cyber skullduggery against the U.S., the number of U.S. Troops pitted against ISIS in Iraq rose to 5000, NATO sent 1000 troops to Poland and the. U.S. felt compelled to reaffirm its NATO treaty obligations to the Baltic states, all doubt I might have had that The New Cold War had arrived were dispelled.
I immediately sat down and reread "The Double-Sided Man" to satisfy myself that I had captured the dynamics of the new spy wars among the world's super-powers-----both nations and meta-nations (e.g. ISIS, Boca Haram and Al Qaeda).
I felt the times we live in could use a modern spy story for the thinking individual. By way of short synopsis: True to principles of classic espionage trade-craft, a small CIA team of men and women stand toe to toe with America's enemies---both foreign and domestic---in defense of the homeland. With the travails of the modern world as a backdrop, and rooted in the intrigue of World War II and the Cold War, this intrepid band of brave, bright and resourceful patriots declare both physical and intellectual war against a powerful cabal of malevolent and sociopathic haters of Western civilization.
Interwoven with a tale of danger and suspense are poignant subplots of personal drama among siblings,
parents, children, husbands and wives enmeshed within the forces of history and fate, over which they have little control, yet against which they rage with mind, body and soul.

D. Farinacci, November 5, 2016