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About the Book

FROM A BOY WORKING IN A COTTON MILL IN GEORGIA TO NARROWLY ESCAPING DEATH WORKING MISSIONS FOR THE CIA, THIS ENGAGING TALE WILL TAKE YOU ACROSS THE GLOBE. A NAVY MAN RECRUITED TO DO COMMUNICATIONS AND INTELLIGENCE WORK – SOMETIMES DANGEROUS – IN SUPPORT OF A COUNTRY FIGHTING A BITTER COLD WAR. NAVIGATING A LIFELONG CAREER IN A JOB VERY FEW PEOPLE CAN DO HAS ITS MOMENTS. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE AN AGENT IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIONS? IT’S YOU, AND OFTEN YOUR FAMILY, MOVING FROM CONTINENT TO CONTINENT WHERE TROUBLE IS BUBBLING. THIS NARRATIVE WILL GIVE THE READERS A LOOK AT THE TREMENDOUS TRAVELS AND COURAGEOUS CAREER OF A WELL-RESPECTED NAVAL SEAMAN AND AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER WHOSE LIFE WAS ANYTHING BUT MUNDANE.

About the Author

STARTING LIFE AS A BOY IN A SMALL COTTON MILL TOWN IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA, TOM HERRING STRIVED FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS OFFERED THERE. HE JOINED THE NAVY AND WAS SENT TO RADIO SCHOOL WHICH WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE. AFTER A FEW EVENTFUL YEARS AS A RADIO SHACK OPERATOR, CIA RECRUITERS OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE WORLD – IN A DIFFERENT WAY. TENACIOUS AND INVENTIVE, TOM FOUND WORK AT THE AGENCY A FULFILLMENT OF HIS PATRIOTISM AND TECHNICAL ABILITY. NOW SETTLED IN NORTH CAROLINA, TOM LIVES A QUIET LIFE, MAINLY BECAUSE HE IS HARD OF HEARING.