Classified
Waste
a novel by Alexander M.
Grace
ISBN
978-0-918339-63-8 |
Hardcover |
256 pages, 6x9 | January
2006 |
Acid Free paper | $24.95
Highly-popular,
adventure novelist, Alexander M. Grace broadens the genre in his newest
novel, Classified Waste, where espionage and adventure
are mixed with fantasy, whimsy, and the occult. The action begins at
CIA headquarters in the Special Activities Division, Office of Occult
Operations, North (SAD/OOO/N), where mid-level CIA operations officer
Dale Feeney has been parked in the hopes he can get his life back
together. Recent events, while stationed in Santa Domingo -- his young
daughter died and his wife left him -- have caused his superiors at
headquarters find him a new job, one where he would be out of the way
and could soon be forgotten.
His new position as
Chief of SAD/OOO/N seems to be the perfect place for him. But, In the
best tradition of adventure fiction, this obscure office almost
immediately finds itself in the middle of a major Middle Eastern
terrorist operation. And, in the best tradition of fantasy, the SAD/OOO/N
staff witches -- Did they say "Staff witches?" -- rise to
the occasion, dragging Dale along with them. From the unfolding story of
a seriously compromised terrorist informer network detailed at a meeting
inside the claustrophobic and highly bureaucratic walls of CIA
headquarters, to initial interrogations at "the farm" outside
Williamsburg, to the assassination of a high-level terrorist defector in
Mexico City, the action never slows, while Dale is led from place to
place and back again by his ever-supportive staff as he rebuilds his
life and his career.
Terrorists,
traitors, toil and trouble…all
come together in this fast-paced, entertaining look at CIA operations in
the post-cold war era. Sure to be a hit with Grace fans as well as add a
whole new following, Classified Waste is a winner
-- and SAD/OOO/N may well be an idea whose time has come.
About the author…
Alexander M. Grace,
has been published extensively, his novels include: Holy War (Vandamere
Press 1998), "…timely and scary…the conclusion will leave the reader
breathless," Publishers Weekly; Hegemon (Vandamere Press
1996), "…a sophisticated thriller…" Publishers Weekly; Sky
Blue (Brassey's 1995), "…a convincing study of professional soldiers
chafing under political constraints…a scenario that is both timely and
frighteningly plausible." Publishers Weekly; Crises
(Presidio, 1992), "…credibly yet artful…" Library Journal;
and Coup! (Presidio, 1991), "…an expertly written book," the
New York Times. Alexander M. Grace is a pseudonym used by a recently
retired foreign service officer whose non-fiction work in history and
political science have also been published extensively. He currently
lives and teaches in the Orlando area.
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