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A BROKEN FAMILY

Two boys raised in Texas suddenly find themselves without their socialite mother and having an absent father, a former Naval Intelligence Officer. Unexpectedly, he moves them from Dallas into the small Massachusetts coastal town of Pocasett where they must adjust to a new culture while making new friends, and enemies.

At the same time, their father, Kirby Calloway, who has been cooperating with the CIA to share political information is transferred to Abuja, Nigeria to close a national security software deal with the reformer President of Nigeria, Muhari Clarion. GROWING DANGER Using the new software system with the help of two brilliant young CIA analysts, Kirby discovers a rogue CIA unit that is operating a global human and sex trafficking ring based in Nigeria and Venezuela. This discovery unleashes both the rogue CIA unit and its political sponsors in Nigeria and Washington to attack Kirby and his team, as well as his two sons. After a ferocious gun battle, Kirby must find a way home for himself, his lover Claire, and best friend Katanga while defeating constant attacks as they escape from Nigeria through Zurich and Rotterdam.

COMMENT FROM REVIEWERS

The book has received glowing reviews from publishing professionals, as well as first readers. Some of the comments received include “a thrilling story with convincing characters”, and “Each new turn-of-events will continually entrance readers as the protagonist seeks to escape those intent on destroying him and his two sons,” and from readers, “Great story. I couldn’t put it down. I need more “Spies”!

We had grown up as Texans, out on the plains just south of Dallas. Our Dad was a Naval Intelligence Officer, and had worked at the Naval Air Station there.  It seems like a strange place for a Navy base, but they do have a lake and a runway that sticks out in it.  Navy planes flew in and out every couple of days.  Three years ago, Dad left the Navy to go work for a big security software company.  This meant he had to do a lot of travel, much of it out of the US.We had just moved up from Dallas to my Dad’s shore house in Pocasset, Massachusetts, and it was a beautiful early-summer day.  The water was clear and there was a light breeze blowing from the West, causing a light chop along the beach.  Our new little sloop was bouncing up and down on our dock down the beach like an eager puppy. We didn’t know enough about sailing yet to take her out, so today was just going to be beach time.  Our move from Texas to Pocasset was something of a mystery to us.  Our Mom had moved out two years ago; she had been more involved in Dallas high society than in being a mom, and with our Dad working in Europe most of the time, Morg and me are pretty much on our own here.  Dad said that Pocasset was closer to his work, and he had grown up near here, in a town called Duxbury.When you live in Dallas, Texas, you wish for blue water oceans and long, sandy beaches.  We have lakes down in Texas, but we’ve had little rain for the past three years, and many of them are going dry. The water here is clear and cold, and Cape Cod and the endless Atlantic Ocean are a huge change from Texas.  Getting out in our new sailboat seemed to me to be the first step in our transition to going from Texas to Cape Cod. Quite a change for a couple of young Texas cowboys.