Tell us a little bit about your cover art ( The Saladin Strategy). The second book in the series is “The Saladin Strategy.” Jack uncovers a Jihadist scheme to replicate Saladin’s unification of the sects and tribes centuries ago to defeat King Richard during The Crusades.ĥ. He accepts an unsanctioned mission to track the killer and in the process resurrects his field agent status. In my first book, “Resurrected”, Jack McDuff is reassigned to a desk job when he learns of assassinations of his friends and fellow agents in Europe. Titles should relate to the book’s storylines.

How did you come up with the title of your book or series? Their anecdotes and attitudes set the action/thriller tone for me.Ĥ. Many friends through the years were Navy Seals and an ex-Air America pilot from the Viet Nam era. How did you choose the genre you write in? The CIA lured him from the Army Ranger service for black-ops duty, which gave him a military connection.ģ. So, I opened the telephone book and selected a Scottish surname to fit his description. The first thing I did when I decided to write a novel was create a picture of Jack in my mind-a large thickset man with reddish-brown hair, a ruddy complexion, and hazel eyes. Please tell your readers how you created this character? Jack McDuff, the Agency's top rated covert agent. The CIA and the military have an indepth working agreement, so to make the step from a militant background to the action/thriller genre was a natural progression for me.Ģ. What is the chemistry between 'environment' and 'liking'? You were born and raised in a military environment and you like to write action packed thriller novels.

The Saladin Strategy by Norm Clark