GARLAND, Texas, Oct. 30, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xlibris, the leading print-on-demand self-publishing services provider, announces the release of Abuse of Power, a new book of endless thrills and espionage authored by Aldrich Blackwood.
The text follows the exploits of a retired Army counter-intelligence officer who finds his career as an attorney interrupted while visiting Washington, D.C. While preparing his defense of a senator, a series of incidents strike, leading him to his military service in the Republic of Vietnam. He is forced to abandon the legal world and re-enter the life he though he had left behind; challenged by a cartel of corrupt politicians and rich firms in a desperate race to save his friend's patents of an advanced weapon system and a life work on rocket guidance telemetry.
To his surprise, he uncovers a web of espionage by KGB sleepers working inside the U.S. Intelligence Service, the powerful Russian Mob, and Chinese intelligence, united in the pursuit of his friend's capture or the patents. His life is further complicated by the temptations of three extraordinary women competing for his attention and accompanying them on their escape from the United States. This race against time to secure the patents' documents, takes him into the most extraordinary trip around the world, eluding a merciless political abuse of power and ruthless confrontation with international espionage. An unpredictable outcome awaits the readers.
Readers who wish to order a copy of Abuse of Power are encouraged to visit Xlibris.com or call (888) 795-4274 today.
About the Author
After a lifetime at the government service as a military man and servant to his country, Aldrich Blackwood wanted to give the audience a story based on a pragmatic, but fictitious character, based on the life of people not publicly acknowledged. A storyline of the yesterday years, with a poignant realization that the sacrifice of many has been feeding the abuse of power of today's current events. Abuse of Power is Blackwood's legacy to the following generations because he did not want to disappear into the shadows without trying to leave behind a story that his grandchildren will read and will remember him by.
Abuse of Power * by Aldrich Blackwood
Publication Date: September 8, 2009
Trade Paperback; $23.99; 459 pages; 978-1-4415-6318-7
Cloth Hardback; $34.99; 459 pages; 978-1-4415-6319-4
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