What can I say? I've now written two thrillers, each toying with the idea of the United States experiencing a kind of perestroika and glasnost not unlike the former USSR experienced under Gorbachov. In my latest novel, a politico-techno-thriller entitled QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016) co-written with the incomparable A. G. Hayes, the United States faces just such a scenario.


In my previous work, TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2011), it actually happens, with what can only be called astounding results. Up to recently, I've thought of this scenario as fantasy-fiction, but hearing Russian President Putin railing, and seeing him put his words into action in the Crimea/Ukraine, I'm wondering if my fantasy-fiction or more prescient, perhaps even prophetic. Not that I'd ever want to see such a thing happen to my beloved country, but what if...? How could it ever happen? What would the process look like? Check out QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016) first and take a serious look at a nation challenged. But don't worry. With Cerebrus agents Susan Koski and Joe Falk on the case, it's bound to turn out okay, isn't it?