Once an NYPD detective, Rusty was a rising rock star in the Organized Crimes Unit. Then, Mob members and corrupt cops lure Rusty to Grant's Tomb and shoot him in the head. The detective in Rusty dies. The meat puppet Rusty is all that remains, now a brain damaged, paranoid, criminal, psychopath terrorizing the streets of Newark, NJ. Years later, Alphonso "The Crepe hanger," one of the hit men who lured Rusty to Grant's Tomb, reveals the old China Doll case Rusty solved was an elaborate con, executed by the Mob in an international drug smuggling conspiracy. Soon the State will execute Steverino Downing, the man convicted, for a crime he didn't commit. And shooting Rusty was the Mob's way of clearing up loose ends. This news ignites something deep in Rusty's exploded brain. He must find a way to free Downing. His obsession leads him to the Freedom Science Foundation, a group run by the internationally renowned Dr. Sad Prevell and Peter, a former SAS South African commando. Both cut their teeth on such cases during African Apartheid. Rusty's quest will take him from New York to the shipyards of South Africa and Shanghai. Can Rusty nail the pieces of his shattered mind back together? Can he beat the Mafia, corrupt cops, a Chinese Triad and Somalia pirates in time to save Downing's life, and still somehow redeem his own?
W. Hock Hochheim served in the military police in Korea and state side in the evacuation of Vietnam. Afterward he worked as a police officer then a detective for more than 22 years in a large, action-packed town in Texas. In the 90's he started a self-defense organization The Scientific Fighting Congress with the mission of teaching self-defense tactics and strategies to those in high-risk professions. Currently he teaches self-defense to military, police and high-risk professionals in more than 11 allied countries. He continues to teach, write about geo-political issues that impact personal safety and security, and write men's action adventure based on his real-world experience.
Margaret Eden is an editor and author. She's written both fiction and nonfiction books, and articles for Woman's World and Aspire magazines. She's served as editor-in-chief for the University of North Texas academic publications, InHouse, and The North Texan. She's also served as the editorial services manager for the Society of Petroleum Engineers producing six peer-reviewed, scholarly journals, and more than 25 peer-reviewed textbooks. Jane serves as vice president of Lauric Enterprises, Inc. for more than 25 years. Lauric produces books, dvds, and seminars on self-defense and provides training to military, police, and citizens in high-risk professions in nine allied countries. She also writes and edits for SLB (formerly Schlumberger).
