Eagles Don't Die

About the Book

Tom Lasino, army veteran and college physics professor, has his mundane life turned upside down when he is contacted by a CIA agent. Tom is recruited to become part of a top-secret mission. He receives a briefing aboard a yacht anchored off Maryland's Tilghman Island. At the briefing Tom discovers that the CIA agent is Jennifer Blake, a long ago friend with whom he had lost all contact. The CIA, Tom learns, has uncovered a terrorist nuclear plot that will be unleashed somewhere in the United States, and Kurt Hansen, a former nuclear artillery soldier turned criminal soon to be released from Leavenworth, is behind the plot. Tom, after much weapons and martial arts training in addition to intense intelligence briefings, is inserted into Leavenworth prison as a prisoner. He is to befriend Hansen, learn what he can about Hansen's plot, and connect with him again when they are released from prison in a month. In prison Tom  learns how much hatred Hansen has for the United States and it's government. Upon their release Tom continues to play the role, but also begins to develop an intense relationship with Jennifer. Tom and the entire team of six use their collective wits to discover the location and details of Hansen's plot, but their discoveries come at a high cost for all the key players. The many twists and turns in Eagles Don't Die keep you guessing to the very end.

This fictional story, which brings the reader face to face with the reality of terror and homeland security, is based on an incident that actually occurred in 1971 involving a nuclear military device. Today's world events make this a very timely tale.

Eagles Don't Die won First Prize in the Action-Adventure Category of the 2006 Maryland Writers' Association International Novel Contest.

About the Author

Ron Chiste currently resides on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Ron served in the U.S. Army for a total of twenty-five years of combined active and reserve service. He rose from Private to Colonel, retiring as the last Division Artillery Commander of the now dissolved 50th Armored Division. His military education included paratrooper training, nuclear weapons schooling, artillery Officer Candidate School, Command and General Staff College (Ft. Leavenworth), and the Army War College Defense Strategy Program (Carlisle). He served in assignments both overseas and here in the United States.

His civilian training includes  BA and  MA degrees in Physical Sciences, as well as MA and EdD degrees in School Administration. He spent fifteen years as a physics instructor and many years as a school administrator and superintendent of schools.

Now in retirement Ron pursues his hobbies of British cars, Harley - Davidson motorcycles, karate instructing, kayaking, and his writing. For years Ron was a prolific writer of military and educational reports. Now he has the fun of writing for the sheer joy of it.