Dirty deeds, but not done cheap

Cassandra Sashakovich, a former covert NOC (non-official cover) operative of a US intelligence agency, call sign "Swiftshadow," finds her cover blown while completing a covert assignment in Riyadh. The man she believes is her contact is really an assassin assigned by terrorists to torture her for the intelligence they think she has, before murdering her.

As her assassin’s plans materialize, to survive she is forced to adopt the character and tactics of the terrorists she despises. She must identify the mole at the agency that sold her cover, raise enough money to eliminate the terrorists, while she finds love and support from another agency renegade. From Riyadh to Washington, from New York's homeless colony to Hong Kong's center of technology, from the remnants of Silicon Valley to Al Qaeda's Afghanistan, Cassie races to recover her life and expose plots by both her own government and the terrorists, plots that could result in the deaths of millions.

I drew on my experience as a sub-contractor for the U. S. government for the tradecraft and plot of this thriller, especially for its espionage, technology, military and political content. 

 

D. S. Kane is the 'name' I have chosen for this novel.  But, under my real name, I was Chief Financial Officer of a major New York management consulting firm, taught in several graduate business schools, including New York University's Stern School and was a speaker at financial conferences on topics including global banking strategies and computer fraud (hacking) countermeasures.  I have been quoted and published in the financial press numerous times, including in US News & World Report.  As a consultant, I investigated a global bank that housed the assets of almost every major intellegence network as well as the assets of many of the world's most feared terrorist organizations.  I created financial forecasts for government agencies and global banks, modified banking conventions, regulations and systems, and developed new banking 'products.'  My special area of focus  was the Middle East.