Brian is a highly decorated former American intelligence officer and a retired aerospace executive. He is the author of the award-winning Able Archers series of historical thrillers that begins with The Able Archers, a page turner about the great Soviet nuclear war scare of 1983. The Righteous Arrows is the thrilling sequel to The Able Archers. Brian bases his characters himself and on people he encountered as an intelligence officer. He also brings into play countries and places that he knows first hand in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. His books are based on real events but read like page-turning thrillers.The Able Archers introduces Kevin Cattani, a young American Air Force Intelligence officer, who is based on Brian's own experiences. Cattani's Soviet counterpart is Colonel Ivan Levchenko, a Russian military intelligence (GRU) officer. The Able Archers tells the incredible story of the very real nuclear war crisis of 1983. The second book in the series, The Righteous Arrows picks up where The Able Archers ends and also incorporates the true story of the CIA's role in supplying the Afghan rebels who fought the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Brian has written numerous articles for national publications and is featured as an on-air expert in the new Netflix series on the Cold War that is called "Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War". He also contributed his extensive expertise to the newly released CNN/BBC documentary called "Secrets and Spies: A Nuclear Game". Brian was raised in southern Virginia and currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area and in Florida. He earned degrees from William and Mary, the University of Oklahoma, and Georgetown University. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.Read more about this authorRead less about this author