The Latakia Intercept — R.G. Ainslee

From RG Ainslee, a debut thriller featuring Army Security Agency ELINT Analyst Ross Brannan, who becomes entangled in a web of deceit in the days before the Yom Kippur War.

September 1973: Electronic Intelligence Analyst Sergeant Ross Brannan thought he had it made, only three months to go on his enlistment. Fed up with the Army, the prospect of a civilian job in Arizona is the answer to his dreams. A puzzling assignment to an airbase in Turkey unravels his plans.

"…tensions building. Three months left, and they stick me right in middle of a tinderbox."

The mystery heightens when it appears an old CIA acquaintance is directing the operation. The mission: monitor Soviet naval activity in the Eastern Mediterranean. The web of intrigue expands when a notorious shadow warrior of the Cold War arrives on the scene.

"I couldn't fathom why he was at Incirlik. Must be bad news, whatever it is."

Undaunted, all Ross wants to do is run out the clock on his enlistment. The Egyptians and Syrians have other ideas. The Yom Kippur War erupts. A spiral of external danger and internal intrigue entangles Ross in a treacherous scheme that threatens his future.

THE SECRET COLD WAR SERIES reveals the silent conflict waged in the shadows.

The Cold War lasted forty plus years, a time of tensions between two super-powers with the capacity to destroy each other and the world. Proxy wars were fought on many fronts. One front was invisible, a Secret Cold War: the signal intelligence war. Reliable and timely gathering of electronic intelligence (ELINT) was vital, a first line of defense.

Thomas Jefferson: "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

THE LATAKIA INTERCEPT: A ROSS BRANNAN THRILLER, is the first installment in the Secret Cold War series a new addition to the tradition of military, espionage, and adventure novels loved by fans of Alistair MacLean, Robert Ludlum, Clive Cussler, and Tom Clancy.

The author served as a soldier on the front line of the Cold War following the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Secret Cold War series novels are set in Africa and Southern Asia, areas the author has traveled extensively. The Yom Kippur War broke out while he was in Turkey on his way to Afghanistan and Nepal. A few years ago, he read about the Battle of Latakia and began to wonder: What if?

THE LATAKIA INTERCEPT: A ROSS BRANNAN THRILLER transports you to the secret front line of the Cold War.

A novella |Book One -The Prequel to The Secret Cold War Series.