While on assignment to investigate a uranium smuggling incident in Slovenia, Carson Griffin--an investigator with the International Nuclear Weapons Agency  dedicated to promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy--uncovers a monstrous terrorist plot involving a massive nuclear detonation near the Black Sea that could spread nuclear contamination across Europe. The terror cell, led by a Turkish madman bent on restoring the glory of the once-great Ottoman Empire, pursues him and sends assassins after his family. As Griffin gets close to unraveling the plot, can he prevent a global incident and still keep his family safe?

David H. Hanks was among the winners of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize given to the International Atomic Energy Agency, where he held an International Nuclear Safeguards Inspector post at the IAEA in Vienna, Austria, for several years. His experience in international nuclear nonproliferation and expertise in the operation of nuclear power plants provides a unique insight into the world Carson Griffin inhabits. Now living in Georgia, David has published several technical documents related to nuclear safeguards and wrote The Disappearance, a novel based on his mother’s disappearance in Georgia in 1972.

Book two of the Carson Griffin Series, Power and Ore, will be published in June of 2019.