Rolf R. Schroers

A Thousand Fathoms Under the Skin Rolf R. Schroers

Late one evening, on an almost deserted street in New York City, an explosion shatters the hum of traffic and calm of the street. Fragments of playing-cards blast from a diplomatic limousine, and while there is no doubt that the cause of the explosion is sabotage, the sinister significance of the cards is not immediately apparent. The Poker Club has played its first round.

Boris Sartorev, an American diplomat involved in sensitive Middle Eastern peace talks, finds out at his cost that an eclectic group of friends formed in his wild past hold both the key to the mystery and the winning hand. Despite the clarity of diplomatic vision being blurred by remembrances of sexual liaisons, shared kicks, and children born, it is soon clear to Boris that he is somehow connected to the Poker Club, and therefore, frighteningly, to their Hizballah roots.

An exciting, original thriller, A Thousand Fathoms Under the Skin starts in the past and reaches into the future, weaving in and out of political events that have shaped the present.