Deliberate Deceit

Richard North has worked his way up the CIA's career ladder and he believes his nomination as the agency's next Director is a done deal. When the President shocks Beltway insiders by nominating an outsider, North gets both mad and even, revealing his long-held, carefully hidden sociopathic tendencies in a complex web of deceit that targets anyone standing in the way of his quest for power. North's revenge results in misdirection, murder and the threat of World War III.Jack Landis, a decorated Navy Seal, comes out of retirement to join a CIA special ops mission and finds himself in the middle of North's power grab. He has to rely on his training, experience and instincts to save a good friend, his lover, and thwart Armageddon. Jack partners with unlikely allies as he races against time to cut through the labyrinth of deception and uncover the truth. Deliberate Deceit is a page-turner that will leave the reader asking: Could this really happen?