Meet the Author: David Hagberg |
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 David Hagberg, bestselling author of the Kirk McGarvey series and many standalone novels will be appearing at the Wellington Library on Saturday, June 13 at 2 p.m. Preregister.
David Hagberg has published more than seventy novels of suspense, including “Joshua's Hammer” (2000), “Soldier of God” (2005) and “Allah's Scorpion” (2007). His latest, “Burned” (June 2009), is inspired by the true story of a couple kidnapped in Russia and held for ransom by Islamic terrorists, until the FBI and the Soviet government joined forces to rescue them. A screenplay for “Burned” is currently in the works.
Hagberg’s fiction is based on high adventure and political intrigue, often including real-life political figures, such as Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Reviewers often praise the depth of his knowledge regarding intelligence and military tradecraft and plots that make his novels gripping page-turners.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Hagberg was an Air Force cryptographer. He learned to write as a cub reporter on the Duluth Herald & News-Tribune and later as a news desk editor for the Associated Press. Hagberg’s first novel “Twister” was published in 1975, and his writing career includes a nomination for The American Book Award, three nominations for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award and three Mystery Scene best American Mystery awards. His papers are archived at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Hagberg told “Contemporary Authors Online”: "I guess from the beginning I've struggled to do nothing more than write the very best I could. I've worked for the truest sentences, the most nearly real characters and the most believable situations, so that my readers could have the vicarious experience of living my story.”
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Patty and David Monroe have flown to Moscow to repair a business deal which has gone bad—when it suddenly turns nightmarish. Shooting David and kidnapping Patty, their Russian business partners drive her to a ramshackle dacha twenty miles east of Moscow. There, her captors—along with brutal Islamic terrorists—will attempt to ransom her. Patty will face the most frightening ordeal imaginable.
For the first time in history, FBI agents must work with Russian security forces. In an atmosphere of violent mistrust and political hatred, only their burning desire to rescue Patty Monroe will hold the operation together.
Burned is inspired by the horrifying ordeal of Yvonne Bornstein. Kidnapped in Russia in the 1990s by Islamic terrorists, Yvonne and her husband were held for ransom. During her captivity she was tortured, starved, and abused. Her captors were affiliated with early al Qaeda partisans. While this book is fiction, Burned captures the spirit of Yvonne’s resistance and ultimate triumph. |
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Posted: 06/03/09 |
