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Combining the pulsating drive of Showtime's Homeland with the fascinating historical detail of such of narrative nonfiction bestsellers as Double Cross and In the Garden of Beasts, Dark Invasion is Howard Blum's gritty, high-energy true-life tale of German espionage and terror on American soil during World War I, and the NYPD Inspector who helped uncover the plot - the basis for the film to be produced by and starring Bradley Cooper.When a "neutral" United States becomes a trading partner for the Allies early in World War I, the Germans implement a secret plan to strike back. A team of saboteurs - including an expert on germ warfare, a Harvard professor, and a brilliant, debonair spymaster - devise a series of "mysterious accidents" using explosives and biological weapons, to bring down vital targets such as ships, factories, livestock, and even captains of industry like J.
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Howard Blum is the author of New York Times bestsellers including Night of the Assassins, In the Enemy's House, The Last Goodnight, Dark Invasion, the Edgar Award-winner American Lightning, as well as Wanted!, The Gold Exodus, Gangland, and The Floor of Heaven. Blum is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. While at the New York Times, he was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He is the father of three children, and lives in Connecticut. Film rights have been bought by Columbia Pictures to Howard's most recent book, The Last Goodnight, and previous titles.Get in touch!Website: www.HowardBlum.comEmail: Howard@HowardBlum.comFacebook: Like Howard Blum on FacebookTwitter: @HowardBlum and @FloorOfHeaven
