Desert Mirage

The desert reveals what the ice kept buried.January 1979.The Iranian Revolution is gathering momentum.The Soviet Union is expanding its reach across the Persian Gulf.Western intelligence agencies are losing control.When Task Force Sentinel is quietly reactivated, Major John Rourke discovers that a covert network operating since the early years of the Cold War has resurfaced. Hidden inside international banking systems, intelligence agencies, energy companies and diplomatic circles lies an organization capable of manipulating governments without ever appearing on the battlefield.As the investigation spreads across Washington, Vienna, the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, old loyalties begin to fracture.Trusted friends carry dangerous secrets.Veteran engineer Alan Pierce faces a reckoning years in the making.Maria Vega uncovers financial networks linking Soviet operatives to an impending coup.Meanwhile, the mysterious Sergei Volkov continues playing a game where every move is several years ahead.With global oil supplies hanging in the balance and superpowers edging toward confrontation, Task Force Sentinel must stop an operation designed to change history before the first shot of a much larger war is fired.Desert Mirage combines meticulous historical research, authentic military operations and high-level intelligence tradecraft into a sweeping Cold War thriller inspired by the classic espionage novels of Tom Clancy and Frederick Forsyth.