#1 – The Reluctant Assassin
Eduardo ‘Atcho’ Xiquez, a Cuban-born former West Point cadet, is coerced into becoming a KGB sleeper agent after Soviet operatives seize his daughter. His handlers engineer his entry into Washington’s political elite, where outward success conceals a private effort to undermine the organisation controlling him. Ordered…
#2 – Rasputin’s Legacy
After a CIA officer is murdered outside Paris, Atcho receives evidence of a dangerous conspiracy developing inside the Soviet Union. Sent by the American president on a covert mission into Siberia, he must work through hostile military and intelligence networks before the plot reaches Moscow. The…
#3 – Vortex: Berlin
During the final crisis of divided Berlin, Atcho discovers a conspiracy among men determined to preserve the Soviet empire and the Iron Curtain. Their plan uses the threat of a nuclear detonation to stop political change and turn a moment of popular liberation into an international…
#4 – Fahrenheit Kuwait
As Soviet authority disintegrates, nuclear material and weapons become vulnerable to theft. A terrorist mastermind with a personal history with Atcho seizes the opportunity, turning the collapse of state control into the foundation of a mass-casualty attack. Atcho enters an international pursuit in which intelligence agencies…
#5 – Target: New York
After three major international bombings, Atcho joins the hunt for a terrorist who has resurfaced with access to a nuclear weapon. New intelligence reveals that the next operation is not simply another ideological attack: the target list has been shaped by a personal vendetta against Atcho.…