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Mindset: The Invisible War
The Cold War did not end in 1991. It went silent, deadly, and invisible.If you like high-speed international intrigue, Rick Fontain has been at the tip of that spear since 1969, when he first met General Gerald Bushman at the Fulda Gap. The General’s Maryland estate, Never Retreat Never Quit Farm, is now Fontain’s, and the command center eighty meters beneath it is his responsibility.
Integrated Building Solutions, once a privately owned systems engineering group, has become a silent partner to the President of the United States. The mission, refocused in 2018, was known only to a handful of people. Its technology was light years ahead of its time—including the optical fusion table that uncovered and dismantled a spy ring operating inside the White House.
In 2022, a Chinese virologist cries out to be saved. Dr. Shi Zhengli and her husband, Chen, will trade seven years of classified records—including the origin of the virus—for extraction, relocation, and $50 million. Fontain sends his infiltration team into Beijing to pull her from Qincheng Prison and deliver the family to the safety of the United States.
The research files she provides open Pandora’s box. Chinese intelligence has cultivated assets inside Washington and is preparing a proxy war, moving to arm Iran with nuclear-capable MIRV technology. The threat stretches from the Gulf of Oman to the White House, from the uranium enrichment complex hidden under the mountain at Fordow to a proposed mass murder plot in New York City’s Madison Square Garden. To cut off the shipment of nuclear-capable ICBMs, the black ops submarine Jimmy Carter and a SEAL team place mines on the Chinese cargo ships.
The nation is less divided than it is unfocused, and Beijing doesn’t understand there’s a new sheriff in town. In this novel, Donald J. Trump becomes Speaker of the House, then President, as the country embarks on a focused path of peace through strength.
In 2022, Mindset Invisible War continues the story of Rick Fontain that began with Redeye Fulda Cold in 1968, Stinger Operation Cyclone, and Medellín Acapulco Cold in the Ronald Reagan era of the 1980s. The faces are mostly the same. The stakes have only grown more dangerous. The players are no longer just the Russians. They’re Chinese. And they have a to become the dominant force on the world stage.
Integrated Building Solutions, once a privately owned systems engineering group, has become a silent partner to the President of the United States. The mission, refocused in 2018, was known only to a handful of people. Its technology was light years ahead of its time—including the optical fusion table that uncovered and dismantled a spy ring operating inside the White House.
In 2022, a Chinese virologist cries out to be saved. Dr. Shi Zhengli and her husband, Chen, will trade seven years of classified records—including the origin of the virus—for extraction, relocation, and $50 million. Fontain sends his infiltration team into Beijing to pull her from Qincheng Prison and deliver the family to the safety of the United States.
The research files she provides open Pandora’s box. Chinese intelligence has cultivated assets inside Washington and is preparing a proxy war, moving to arm Iran with nuclear-capable MIRV technology. The threat stretches from the Gulf of Oman to the White House, from the uranium enrichment complex hidden under the mountain at Fordow to a proposed mass murder plot in New York City’s Madison Square Garden. To cut off the shipment of nuclear-capable ICBMs, the black ops submarine Jimmy Carter and a SEAL team place mines on the Chinese cargo ships.
The nation is less divided than it is unfocused, and Beijing doesn’t understand there’s a new sheriff in town. In this novel, Donald J. Trump becomes Speaker of the House, then President, as the country embarks on a focused path of peace through strength.
In 2022, Mindset Invisible War continues the story of Rick Fontain that began with Redeye Fulda Cold in 1968, Stinger Operation Cyclone, and Medellín Acapulco Cold in the Ronald Reagan era of the 1980s. The faces are mostly the same. The stakes have only grown more dangerous. The players are no longer just the Russians. They’re Chinese. And they have a to become the dominant force on the world stage.
502 pages, Paperback
Published May 29, 2026
About the author
Bill Fortin
10 books40 followersBill Fortin, a native of Baltimore, Md., retired from Bell Labs in 2001 has served in the United States Army, 3rd Armor Division, from April 1968 to April 1970. Former CEO of IBS Inc., specializing in International Marketing and Systems Engineering. Presently CEO of Cold War Publications, LLC. Currently, a member of the board of the 3rd Armored Division Veterans Association. Bill holds a master's degree in the Management Sciences from the University of Baltimore. He and his wife, Judy, reside in Westminster, Md.
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