Operation Trojan Horse; Part I

What really caused the collapse of the Soviet Union? Why did one of the greatest empires the world has even seen suddenly implode? Why did Mikhail Gorbachev suddenly change the course of communism in the USSR? Operation Trojan Horse; Part I begins the story of this collapse. In Operation Trojan Horse; Part I we see the planting of the seeds for the end of the "Evil Empire" that was the Soviet Union. The story begins in the early months of World War II in the depths of the German intelligence agency; the Abwehr. Admiral Canaris, who heads the Abwehr, has a plan for the survival of Germany after the war. A war he believed from the beginning was a lost cause. A lost cause led by Adolph Hitler, a man that Canaris detests. Certain that Germany will lose and possibly be broken apart as a nation Canaris comes up with an incredible plan that is meant to guarantee the survival of Germany after the war. A plan that will need the help of America and have the far reaching consequences of doing much more than saving Germany.

To bring his plan to fruition he gathers an interesting cast of characters. First there is the handsome Colonel Erich Weichs, a brilliant combat officer who was promoted into intelligence and disgraced for telling the truth to his Nazi masters. A disgrace that lasted until he was saved by Admiral Canaris. His partners in Operation Trojan Horse is the beautiful Luftwaffe test pilot Greta von Hippel and the mysterious SS Colonel Wilhem Manstein. Greta von Hippel is the daughter of a famous general in the Germany army. She is also a rarity in that she is a female test pilot in the male world of the Luftwaffe. Greta much like Canaris understood from the beginning the evils of Nazism. The oddest of the three is Standartenfuhrer Wilhem Manstein of the Waffen SS. Son of one of Germany's most famous panzer generals, he is at odds with his father for joining the Waffen SS instead of the regular army. What his father does not know is that he joined the SS at the behest of Canaris to serve a greater role than even his famous father could imagine. Soon these characters find themselves involved with the intrepid OSS agent Alan Cercone and other historical figures who come together in an incredible plot with far reaching consequences into the future. Consequences that will eventually cause the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Operation Trojan Horse; Part I is a tale told with World War II as the backdrop. No war in history has been quite like World War II. No other war pitted the forces of light against the forces of evil quite like World War II. If ever there was a noble war this was it. It is also a war that altered the course of the 20th Century and defined the course of history for the next three generations. A war that gave us jet flight, atomic energy, computers and a much much smaller world in which we lived.

Operation Trojan Horse is a historical novel. While most of the main characters are fictional, the historical figures such as Admiral Canaris and Wild Bill Donovan are very real, as are many of the events described in the book.