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A timely international thriller by the former deputy assistant secretary of state and bestselling author. When four American sport fishermen stray into Cuban waters and are promptly arrested by Castro's navy, State Department crisis manager Judd Ryker finds himself called in to negotiate their release. But the more Ryker digs in to the situation, the more things he discovers that just don't seem to fit, especially now, with relations between the United States and Cuba supposedly thawing. Who are these men really, and what were they doing there? What is Ryker's actual mission, and what is his own government hiding from him? Some people want the new initiative to succeed. Others want to stop it at any cost. Still others see it as an opportunity for something much more radical. The common factor for every one of them: the time to act is right this minute. The ghosts of Havana are walking, and Ryker is caught in the middle of them all.
About the Author
Todd Moss, formerly a top U.S. State Department official, is a writer and policy analyst in Washington DC. His day job is running the Energy for Growth Hub, a global research network. Todd is also affiliated with the Center for Global Development, Rice University's Baker Institute, and the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines. Todd has previously worked at the World Bank, Georgetown University, and the London School of Economics. Todd writes thrillers in the early hours. His debut novel THE GOLDEN HOUR (Penguin's Putnam, 2014) follows diplomat Judd Ryker, who has 100 hours to reverse a coup in Mali, rescue a kidnapped Peace Corps volunteer, and prevent a terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy. In MINUTE ZERO (2015) , Ryker fights to stop a dictator from stealing a violent election in Zimbabwe. In GHOSTS OF HAVANA (2016) , Ryker is dispatched on a secret mission to negotiate the release of four American soccer dads who were captured by the Cuban navy while fishing off the Florida Keys. THE SHADOW LIST (2017) takes Ryker deep into a murky web of Russian mobsters, Nigerian scammers, and corrupt American politicians. Watch this space for Todd's next thriller.(photo credit: Shawn Miller)
