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A top secret program to resettle war criminals in our communities, men guilty of the most horrendous crimes imaginable.  An American diplomat who blugeoned his family to death, disappeared and remains free to this day.  A massive White House cover-up.  These really happened.  Operation Paperclip, run by the CIA, gave us Nazi scientists and SS murderers.  William Bradford Bishop massacred his mother, wife and three young sons in 1976 and has been on the lam ever since.  CHASM is based on these true covert programs and evildoers.  Don't read it before bedtime.  You won't be able to sleep.  Promise . . .

. . . Peace in the Balkans is fragile. The White House's political fortunes hang on ensuring that shaky peace deals hold firm. In a top secret codicil, the U.S. agrees clandestinely to take in scores of Balkan war criminals. This super-secret program is Operation CHASM. CHASM gets out of hand as war criminals go on a rampage of arson and murder across the U.S. Mike Gallatin's young daughter is almost killed. Drawing on his detective skills, the Cleveland investigator finds out about CHASM -- but almost at the cost of his own life as the ruthless National Security Adviser, John Tulliver, orders Gallatin's "recall." Written by a former insider, CHASM is about Washington powerholders, who, in pursuit of their own ambitions, take actions which trample on the little guy. But one average citizen, a victim of their policies, embarks on a quest to expose the hypocrisy and lies. It also demonstrates how malicious policies can overwhelm their implementers, dragging them into hellish behavior and self-destruction.

Readers of Silva, Forsyth and Ludlum will enjoy this taut thriller written by a man who worked in the twilight world of government secrets.