Stephen Hirst distills his experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa, student of international relations in Italy, and Soviet and East German Desk Officer in Washington to craft this high-wire tale of intrigue. Drawing on a lifelong relationship with the Havasupai people of Arizona’s Grand Canyon he has also written the award-winning books I Am the Grand Canyon and Lauren Greasewater’s War. His research and documentation on behalf of the Havasupai laid the groundwork for the historic enlargement of the Havasupai Reservation in 1975.