Retribution: Caliphate - Paperback

by Michael R. Davidson (Author)

Six hundred years is a long time to harbor a grudge. RETRIBUTION is a thriller about nuclear blackmail with its origins in a dark period of Spanish history. A secret Islamist cult has acquired a nuclear weapon and with the assistance of a ruthless Iranian intelligence officer threatens to destroy a city and shake the foundations of Western Civilization. A CIA officer and a resourceful Spanish cop must now risk their lives and careers to prevent disaster.

Author Biography

Michael R. Davidson was raised in the Mid-West. Heeding President Kennedy's call for more young Americans to learn Russian he studied the language, and military service took him to the White House where he served as translator for the Moscow-Washington "Hotline." His language abilities attracted the attention of the Central Intelligence Agency, and following his military service Mr. Davidson spent the next 28 years as a Clandestine Services officer. Seventeen of those years were spent abroad in a variety of sensitive posts working against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. In the private sector he worked as a business owner and security and economic development consultant before devoting full time to his writing.