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Deadly Affairs of State

by Ed Novak, Jr.

231 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-2729; ISBN 1-4251-0970-5; US$18.50, C$21.28, EUR15.20, £10.64

An unscrupulous politician plots to take over the Presidency of the United States by arranging almost simultaneous assassinations of the government officials in her way!

About the Book

An overly ambitious Secretary of State, who lusts to be the first woman President of the United States, is handed a once in a lifetime opportunity to make her dream come true.

Abetted by her father, she enlists Irish and Islamic terrorists, the North Korean Navy and a Chicago mobster to assassinate, within a twenty-four hour time frame, the four men standing in her path to glory.

An inquisitive intelligence analyst's interest is piqued by recurrent references to specific colors in the message traffic that he reads from the above areas of the world. A retired intelligence and submarine Flag office, a former SEAL, and a former All-American football star, now a computer super whiz, are called upon to solve the puzzle of the messages, formulate plans to counter the threats and to deliver justice to the perpetrators. They have only SIX weeks the defeat the conspiracy!!

About the Author

Ed Novak, Jr. is a native of Scranton, Pa. He earned Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees from Georgetown University. He was in private practice as a Board Certified Ophthalmologist until his retirement in 1996. During a 35 year Naval Reserve career, he had eight years active duty, serving on board destroyers, diesel submarines and submarine tenders, and Qualified as a Submarine and Diving Medical Officer. He retired with the rank of Captain in 1991.

He lives with his wife in Potomac Falls, Va., where this book was written. He is an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Arlington and enjoys world travel as his main hobby.

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