Bruce L Payne

Kremlin Games Bruce L Payne

Roger Matthews, a Denver-based corporate executive, is clueless about the international conspiracy about to entangle him when he's contacted out of the blue by an old Russian friend he hasn't heard from in twenty years: his former colleague, Mikhail Ivanov. Both had been extremely close while employees of an American investment bank in Moscow during the 1990's, but their friendship ended on a bad note. Now a senior manager within Russia's most powerful company, Mikhail accidentally learns the secret behind a devious Kremlin plot against a vital U. S. industry during a business trip to Aspen, Colorado that places his life in jeopardy. Wounded and on the verge of bleeding to death, Mikhail puts past problems behind and summons Roger to rescue him and help his family seek asylum in the U. S. in exchange for exposing the conspiracy to the FBI. But an SVR assassin has been dispatched from the Russian Embassy in Washington, D. C. to permanently silence them both in an effort to erase all evidence of the covert operation. The fast-paced buddy story, told with a strong dose of humor, takes place in Aspen, Nassau, Washington, D. C., London, Moscow, and Havana. Entertaining as well as informative, the reader will be briefed about the Russian Government's motivations for meddling in U. S. politics and its attempts to influence American energy policies. The author is uniquely qualified to tell this story after having lived and worked in Moscow for eight years in the 1990's followed by almost two decades as a corporate executive in the U. S. energy industry.