Goodreads asked Shawn Callon:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Shawn Callon There were many sources for ideas for my first book. My own experiences traveling the world played a great part. For instance when Simon Montfort decided to go and help bring down the Berlin wall, that event was based somewhat on my visit to the Wall with my hammer during its demolition in November 1989. Also some of the characters in the novel are loosely based on real people I met. During a visit from the Russian Central Bank to our HQ in the UK, one of the delegates asked me to help him get a drug for his chronic condition. The drug was not available in Russia. Alexei was based on this event. Other ideas I borrowed from my favorite author John Le Carre -for example the anti-hero( Simon) and the whole murky world of spying.

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