Alone on Watch

About the Book

Dr. Robert Judy, director of the Alexander Hamilton Foundation, authorizes Arturo Eno to print two billion dollars of counterfeit money outside the knowledge of the US Treasury Department. Arturo blackmails Dr. Judy. The sly Dr. Judy pulls a few strings from an admiral by inventing a cheating scheme at the US Naval Academy. Ensign Nick McMasters, a recent graduate, is randomly selected. Nick is hidden inside the foundation. Dr. Judy persuades him to go undercover and find Arturo Eno. For the mission to work, Nick has to engage two retired spies and employ their expertise. The undercover operation lands Nick inside a counterfeiting ring where he acts like a chameleon to survive. Arturo is spooked and decides to move the money.

We follow Nick to the counterfeiting lair where he learns the fine art of printing money. The money is loaded on to a waiting freighter. The next day at sea, they discover a submarine is hunting them. Damage done by the ramming of the submarine, the freighter beaches next to a posh resort in Mexico. The money is retrieved; however, Nick continues his search for the men. A knife thrown by Arturo at the wharf nearly kills Nick. Nick recovers to learn the counterfeiting operation was sanctioned by Dr. Judy to bribe the terrorists from their random bombings in the US.

About the Author

Born in 1951, Harold Adler served a four year tour in the US Navy. His duty stations led him around the world: Philippines, NAS Lemoore, California and to the USS Ticonderoga recovering the Apollo 17 mission. He earned a master's degree in economics from the University of North Texas in 1985. Alone on Watch is Adler's first novel. He divides his time between his wife, Kathleen, sailing and gathering research for his second novel. They reside in Texas.