World War 3 Almost Started in 1969!

Crooked Cross Factor, a Cold War spy adventure novel from Derek Hart, delivers an authentic telling of an international incident in Iceland during the tumultuous year of 1969.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Publication Date: September 2002
Contact: Derek Hart
(678) 560-9241
Email: derekhart59@juno.com

World War III Almost Started in 1969

Marietta, GA -- August 19, 2002

Crooked Cross Factor is a classical spy/espionage novel set in Iceland during the Cold War. The year is 1969 and much of the world is in turmoil. The Vietnam War rages on in Southeast Asia and NATO is still focused on the Bear - The Soviet Union. Just like the timely movement of a critical chess piece, comes Derek Smith, site security chief for the US Embassy in Reykjavik, Iceland. Held responsible for the failures at the US Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive, Smith has been sentenced to duty on Iceland as punishment.

During the 'Cod War, between England and Iceland over fishing limits, the Soviet Union lost track of one of her ballistic submarines," said Hart. Then in five separate incidents around the world, submarines vanished. Nations were brought to the brink of a global conflict, while most Americans were focused on newly elected President Nixon and the War in Vietnam. It is the stuff good stories are made from."

Into the middle of this diplomatic crisis Hart created Derek Smith, a security specialist in the doghouse, who is actually the chosen solution to prevent an escalating nightmare. Smith has a checkered past -- once a collegiate fencing champion, graduate of The State Departments Diplomatic Security Service, and scapegoat for the failings at the US Embassy in Saigon, he is spiraling into a conflict seemingly out of his league. To complicate things even further, Smith falls in love with the Icelandic Minister of Roads, a woman gifted in many ways and who seems to be other than she claims.

   Take an action-packed, roller-coaster ride into the shadowy back-room conflict of embassies, nations pushing the brink of war and agents betraying innocent, or not so innocent, bystanders. The Crooked Cross Factor will hook you with its historical events, then entertain you with counter move and double cross.

Derek Harts passion is writing action/adventure fiction, with over 15 novels, 3 screenplays, and hundreds of short stories to his credit. Mr. Hart resides in Marietta, Georgia with his wife and son, where he is a Leadership Development consultant.

For further information, please visit www.derekhartbooks.com

Crooked Cross Factor
by Derek Hart
Publication Date: 9/2002
Price: $16.95
Pages: 296
ISBN # 0-595-24228-6

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