Peter Thomas Senese

Big Bang Book Moment.

I spent a great of my early career working on Wall Street. Literally and figuratively, Wall Street is a very intimate place due to the substantial early history that took place during America's colonial period. Having spent time on the 'Street' as a transactional banker, and, having great familiarity with geopolitical agenda's, including the challenges that occurred globally in the early 1990's in the Soviet Union and Russia, The Den of the Assassin was a natural. And I remember very specifically standing on a very important manhole cover diagonally between our nation's first capitol, Federal Hall and the mighty New York Stock Exchange, and thinking about how Russia's nuclear weapons were being sold to India and Pakistan ... but that was the least of our problems. What concerned me was their biological warfare capability and capacity to corrupt our electronic superhighway via cyber warfare. And as I stayed in my thoughts, while standing on this manhole cover, I began to think about China's capacity, too. And so - The Den of the Assassin tells a story that is based upon undeniable facts.

China has a very sophisticated 'Blue Army' that is dedicated solely at engaging in cyber-warfare against the United States.

I am a creature of habit. The New York City and Los Angeles Central Libraries, Butler Library at Columbia, The Pelican Inn at Muir Woods, and the beer hall at the University of Wisconsin in Madison all played their role, as too did Paradise Cove Beach in Malibu. And no - I did not attend the University of Wisconsin - I just really enjoy Madison.