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CHASM [Kindle Edition]

James Bruno
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A top secret program to resettle war criminals in our communities, men guilty of the most horrendous crimes imaginable.  An American diplomat who blugeoned his family to death, disappeared and remains free to this day.  A massive White House cover-up.  These really happened.  Operation Paperclip, run by the CIA, gave us Nazi scientists and SS murderers.  William Bradford Bishop massacred his mother, wife and three young sons in 1976 and has been on the lam ever since.  CHASM is based on these true covert programs and evildoers.  Don't read it before bedtime.  You won't be able to sleep.  Promise . . .

. . . Peace in the Balkans is fragile. The White House's political fortunes hang on ensuring that shaky peace deals hold firm. In a top secret codicil, the U.S. agrees clandestinely to take in scores of Balkan war criminals. This super-secret program is Operation CHASM. CHASM gets out of hand as war criminals go on a rampage of arson and murder across the U.S. Mike Gallatin's young daughter is almost killed. Drawing on his detective skills, the Cleveland investigator finds out about CHASM -- but almost at the cost of his own life as the ruthless National Security Adviser, John Tulliver, orders Gallatin's "recall." Written by a former insider, CHASM is about Washington powerholders, who, in pursuit of their own ambitions, take actions which trample on the little guy. But one average citizen, a victim of their policies, embarks on a quest to expose the hypocrisy and lies. It also demonstrates how malicious policies can overwhelm their implementers, dragging them into hellish behavior and self-destruction.

Readers
of Silva, Forsyth and Ludlum will enjoy this taut thriller written by a
man who worked in the twilight world of government secrets."

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 409 KB
  • Print Length: 315 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1847286100
  • Publisher: Lulu Press; 1 edition (1 Nov 2006)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B001OQCLW4
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #71,604 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Excellent 19 Feb 2012
By Marian
Format:Kindle Edition
What a great title for a book - the story really caught my imagination and held me right through to the end. A great read and highly recommended.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
A good, fast read 12 Jan 2007
By Oliver M. Brown - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed CHASM. I confess that the first few pages of CHASM did not grab me. However, a few days later I picked it up again, and devoured it in one sitting. The author clearly commands considerable insight into the personalities of operatives, the policies, and the corruption at several levels of government. CHASM provides plenty of real history, and weaves in much of what we imagine is going on secretly, to spin a very plausible and exciting tale. The author develops a convincing cast of characters (many just as despicable as those we have been reading about in the newspapers). CHASM has couple of minor rough spots, but they are hardly noticeable, since the reading is so engaging and fast-paced. I am looking forward to reading more of this author's works.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Chasm Of Terror 20 Jan 2007
By Paul Berg - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
James Bruno's first novel, Permanent Interests, was such a page-turner I could barely wait to see what he'd come up with next. He didn't let me down. This time it's Chasm, the name of a top secret government program to resettle Balkan war criminals in the U.S. The program goes awry as the bloody thugs continue their armed feuding and massacres in the U.S. The corpses pile up, including women and children, just like in Bosnia and Kosovo. Of course, top White House, NSC and State Department officials responsible for Chasm set out to save their own asses at all costs; they launch a coverup which results in still more murders, including silencing of potential government whistleblowers. It seems no one is safe.

Bruno was a State Department and military intelligence operative in a previous life, and he uses his insider's knowledge of Washington's power corridors to make the whole yarn come frighteningly to life. He writes in the same vein as thriller authors Ludlum, Forsythe and Silva; his writing is simultaneously polished and gripping. What sets him apart, however, is his nuts and bolts portrayal of how government offices and agents really do things, from the locks on the doors to the classified cables to the bureaucratic backstabbing.

Chasm sounds plausible. Most unsettling of all, the book's scariest character, Will Ferret, is taken straight from the case of William Bradford Bishop, a Foreign Service Officer who bludgeoned his wife, mother and kids to death at their Bethesda, Maryland home one dark night in 1976. Bishop remains at large; does Bruno depict the fictional Ferret to reveal some inside dope on Bishop's current whereabouts? And did you know that the government actually had a top secret program to resettle (Nazi) war criminals that went on until 1973? That's the tantalizing appeal of a Bruno book; the scariest and sleaziest parts might not be fiction at all. The action in Chasm is fast and taut; you never know who'll be next to die, and there's sex tawdry and tender. This one will keep you up all night.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Great Book 9 Dec 2006
By Kyle W. Doan - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This was an excellent book. Very scary to think how true to life this was or could be. Bruno's years in the foreign service have paid off with interesting characters that seem very real. Fast read with a good ending. Can't wait for the next novel.
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