HAVANA QUEEN

"Extraordinary! This is definitely going to be the book of the month if not the book of the year."
~ Mauricio Claver-Carone, host - From Washington al Mundo, SiriusXM Radio.
 
"Havana Queen is red hot.  James Bruno establishes a visceral sense of place, tells an intriguing story, and delivers a Cuban cigar box full of thrills. "
~ Raymond Benson, NYT bestselling author of James Bond novels and The Black Stiletto saga.

“Havana Queen is a likeable, rip-roaring thriller written by an author, James Bruno, who knows how to merge a realistic absorbing account of life in Cuba with fast-paced action into an exciting fun read.” ~ Midwest Book Review.
 
"Unintentionally, James Bruno confirms in Havana Queen that which Cuba has denounced repeatedly, that the United States...trains and finances counterrevolutionary elements to carry out subversive acts against the Cuban government."
~ El Heraldo Cubano (Cuban official media).
 
"This book is damn near impossible to put down after you've started into it. A thoroughly riveting tale!" ~ Books Are Cool.
 
"Havana Queen is the best military thriller that I have read in a long time." ~ Examiner.com.

What happens when Fidel dies?

Cuba explodes.

"Extraordinary! This is definitely going to be the book of the month if not the book of the year."
~ Mauricio Claver-Carone, host - From Washington al Mundo, SiriusXM Radio

Political turmoil engulfs Cuba. As the Castros’ rendezvous with mortality finally arrives, FBI Agent Nick Castillo is swept up in a maelstrom of espionage, intrigue and guerrilla war. Amazon Kindle Bestselling author James Bruno delivers another knockout thriller!

Cuba roils with political unrest as Fidel and Raul Castro sink deeper into dementia and failing health. In a desperate ploy to save the communist regime, sultry Cuban spymaster Larisa Montilla takes on the CIA in a tit-for-tat shadow war of assassination. As the bodies pile up, FBI Agent Nick Castillo defies orders and travels clandestinely to Havana. Nick gets more than he bargained for, falling into a trap set by Montilla, Fidel’s heir to power. But Montilla’s leverage over Nick is matched by his discovery of a deep secret in her past, leading to a war of wits.

Nick returns to ferret out a web of spies deep inside the U.S. government which Havana has patiently built up over the years -- traitors who are hemorrhaging official secrets. But he must navigate a wilderness of mirrors that leads him to an assassination plot against the Castros’ No. 1 enemy – the President of the United States.

The Castro propaganda machine has denounced Havana Queen as a "subversive act against the Cuban government."

Steeped in the world of government secrets, with service in Cuba and Gitmo, the author makes you feel like you’ve been cleared into a Top Secret program, confident that you have the inside information.