A Story Teller
R. H. Emmers is an acclaimed short story writer whose work has appeared in a number of prominent magazines. Now he has published a novel, The Secret History. A story of deceit, conspiracy and violence set amid the 2024 election with Trump dead and DeSantis poised to win the presidency.
Ein packender geopolitischer Thriller voller Verrat, geheimdienstlicher Machtkämpfe und tödlicher Geheimnisse.
Als ein ehemaliger Regierungsagent mit gewaltsamer Vergangenheit in eine verdeckte Operation gegen ein mächtiges Kartell hineingezogen wird, ist nichts, wie es scheint. Was als Rettungsmission beginnt, entwickelt sich rasch zu einem gefährlichen Geflecht aus CIA-Verschwörungen, politischer Manipulation und verborgenen Machenschaften, die von Mexiko bis in die höchsten Ebenen der Geheimdienstwelt reichen. Während Menschen sterben und Wahrheiten vertuscht werden, erkennt der Agent, dass er nicht nur nach Antworten sucht – er selbst ist das Ziel.
„The Secret History“ ist ein rasanter Thriller mit:
● Verdeckten CIA-Operationen und Korruption im Geheimdienstmilieu
● Kartellkriegen und politischen Intrigen
● Hochriskanten Rettungsmissionen
● Verrat, Loyalität und dem Kampf ums Überleben
● Action und Spannung ohne Atempause
Perfekt für Fans von:
Jack Carr, Vince Flynn, Brad Thor und knallharten Spionagethrillern.
Un apasionante thriller geopolítico de traición, guerra de inteligencia y secretos mortales.
Cuando un antiguo agente gubernamental con un pasado violento se ve arrastrado a una misión encubierta contra un poderoso cártel, nada es lo que parece.
Lo que comienza como una operación de rescate se convierte rápidamente en una peligrosa red de conspiraciones de la CIA, manipulación política y agendas ocultas que se extienden desde México hasta las más altas esferas del poder de inteligencia. Mientras se acumulan los cadáveres y se ocultan verdades, el agente comprende que no solo busca respuestas: él mismo es el objetivo.
*The Secret History* es un thriller trepidante repleto de:
● Operaciones encubiertas de la CIA y corrupción en los servicios de inteligencia
● Guerra entre cárteles e intriga política
● Misiones de rescate de alto riesgo
● Traición, lealtad y supervivencia
● Acción y suspense constantes Perfecto para lectores que disfrutan de: Jack Carr, Vince Flynn, Brad Thor y thrillers de espionaje crudos e intensos.
Short Stories
Listen to the Podcast of “Turkeys”
Down and out and on the brink of even worse…listen to the full recording of the short story “Turkeys” on the Street Light Magazine podcast.
“I was sitting at the bar in the My-Oh-My drinking what was left of my disability check after buying oxy from the retarded janitor at the hospital. The idea of killing someone hadn’t come up yet. I kept staring at the dancer in the cage in the corner. She was short and pale and had the resigned expression of someone floating in darkness just waiting for the next tragedy, exactly the kind of girl I’m always attracted to. I thought if I stared hard enough, she’d look at me, but she never did, which is typical. The retarded janitor often made strange noises and gestures, which is why they made him work in the garage where he wouldn’t frighten the public. Pharmacy storage was right next door. He’d just walk over and steal pills when nobody was looking.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
As a reporter, R. H. Emmers covered natural disasters, organized crime, murders, plane crashes, politics, government corruption and all the other assorted crimes and deaths and trials and speeches that fill up a reporter’s notebook or recorder.
Later, needing a change of pace, he became an insurance fraud investigator, taking down scammers faking injuries or disabilities to collect as much as ten or fifteen thousand dollars a month… tax-free.
And then, in search of one more challenge, he went to work for one of the country’s premier crisis communications firms where he represented clients, mostly rich and famous, mired in scandal of one sort or the other.
But what he was never able to shake was the ambition that had called to him when he was young: To write. Specifically, to write fiction, short stories, novels, all of it. In short: To tell stories. …
