spy (spi) NOUN: pl. spies (spiz) An agent employed by a state to obtain secret information, especially of a military nature, concerning its potential or actual enemies. One employed by a company to obtain confidential information about its competitors. One who secretly keeps watch on another or others. (American Heritage…
My international thriller, Doha 12, debuts today on Amazon. If you like Daniel Silva, Ken Follett or Jack Higgins, this could be your next read. Want a sample? Read the first five chapters. Doha 12 is now available for Kindle on Amazon US | UK | DE | FR |…
I’ve written about pieces of this book in previous posts, so I thought it was worthwhile to share my overall impressions. Spies Against Armageddon is a history of Israel as passed through the prism of its intelligence and security services, stretching from before the 1948 War of Independence through operations…
Yesterday I received the official cover proof for Doha 12 (at left). Getting the final art deliverables is the last step before launch. Damonza is the cover artist, in case you’d like to check out his other work. The new art will work its way into other graphics related to…
After the three-way shootout in Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, Our Heroes Jake Eldar and Miriam Schaffer flee the city. Jake convinces his uncle Gene – an NYPD inspector and deputy commander of the Intelligence Division – to shelter them in an NYPD safe house. The safe house is on this…
I’ve been interviewed! It’s on Murder Lab, a developing workshop/connection hub for writers and readers of thrillers. In it, I talk about where Doha 12 came from and who I’d cast in the lead roles for the HBO miniseries. The driving force behind Murder Lab is Kristen Elise, a PhD…
The recent flare-up in Gaza got me thinking about Miriam Schaffer – Our Heroine in Doha 12 – and her connection to that troubled area. Her experience ties directly into the history of women in Israel’s armed forces. We’ve all heard the stories of Israeli female warriors during the 1948…
I just finished writing a business plan for Wombat Group Media – all thirty pages of it. It’s essentially an outline for how I’d go about self-publishing Doha 12 and perhaps other books I write. I haven’t finally decided yet whether to make that leap, but that I spent several…
Yes, I finally broke down and created an author page on Facebook. Go take a look if you have a minute; if it pleases you, hit the “Like” button. It’s still growing into itself, but I intend it to eventually be a consolidation area for my various other social media…
Israel has finally admitted what was one of the most ill-kept secrets from its “secret war”: it assassinated PLO second-in-command Abu Jihad in 1988. The story, released on Thursday in the Yediot Aharonot newspaper (although I have yet to find it on ynetnews.com, the English-language online version), claims Mossad worked…