By Peter O'Neill

Garyk Ivramovich Gadayev is an Islamic Chechen whose skills in computers and communications technology have been noticed by high level Soviet officials. In 1973 he is conscripted by the Soviet Army to help modernize satellite communications and missile launch capabilities.

Garyk marries a Russian, Katryn Moldatin, and gives up his own heritage to become assimilated into Russian culture. His Afghanistan War experience and the breakup of his marriage disillusion him, and when Russian troops fire on their own government in 1993, Garyk finds himself on the losing side.

The 1994 Russian invasion of Chechnya futher alienates Garyk and he emerges as Ivram, member of a mystical Islamic sect. His years of training have prepared the way for his personal jihad, a mission to procure a nuclear warhead and to strike a blow at hte very heart of the Russian Federation.

Peter O'Neill has created a thriller that reveals the imagery, ideology and passions of the Russian-Chechen conflict, as well as the human side of this very moving drama.

Soft cover; 6 x 9, ISBN 1-885003-58-7; $24.95 plus $3.50 S&H.