Pharaoh's Revenge

On the brink of WWII a young man born into an eastern Mediterranean smuggling family accompanies his father on a mission to bring stolen German weapons to Communist partisans in Italy. After a harrowing experience, he is sent to England for his safety and education where he becomes the world’s foremost Egyptologist. When he discovers a scheme by powerful and corrupt Egyptian leaders to eviscerate Egypt’s heritage, he resolves to take matters into his own hands… United States Navy Lieutenant Robert Thaddeus ‘Wreck’ Beck is airborne in a division of four A4 Skyhawk attack aircraft boring holes in the Mediterranean sky when he receives a radio transmission from the US aircraft carrier Farragut demanding his immediate return. The year was 1968, and unbeknownst to him at the time, this simple request would thrust him into the murky and dangerous world of clandestine operations… The Egyptologist, an American archeologist, CIA Officers, a stewardess, the aviator, a five man SEAL team and an intricate and compelling operation bring three Presidents together resulting in an astounding diplomatic turn of events. The author intricately weaves the history and events of the time and place with his fiction. An intense thriller intertwined with the geopolitical challenges of an emerging region.