Espionage in Venezuelan Jungle: The China Oil Plot Published by Outskirts Press
Author Chuck Van Soye’s new espionage thriller drops retired civil servant turned spy Bret Lee into the midst of a high stakes international oil game between China and Venezuela in which Bret ends up being dealt what could be the most powerful hand.
Key West, FL, May 16, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Veteran author Chuck Van Soye announced today the release of The China Oil Plot, Operation Ace in the Hole, published by Outskirts Press. Van Soye’s spy thriller mixes real world tension over China’s increased demand for oil, and the tactics it will use to secure it, with the intrigue of Bret Lee, newly recruited spy, and his Chinese wife, who find themselves suddenly enmeshed in the petroleum politics of Caracas, the most dangerous city in the world.
After a twenty year career working for a U.S. Army research center, chemical engineer Bret Lee takes retirement at age forty-four only to find he can’t find a job in the bleak 2010 economy. Eventually, through an old quasi-government contact, he’s offered a job with a Venezuelan fertilizer company just outside Caracas.
The pay for the chemical engineering position is excellent, but there’s a hitch. He has to become a spy.
He accepts both roles, and soon he and his Chinese born wife are sorting through the military, political and diplomatic tangles they find in Caracas and the surrounding Venezuelan jungle. Pulling one string after another they soon uncover a looming international plot that could throw all of Latin America into turmoil and strangle strategic oil shipments to the U.S.
With help from the local CIA and with long distance guidance from Washington, Bret enters into a dangerous game of high stakes poker with China over Venezuelan petroleum reserves. After getting locked up by SEBIN, the menacing intelligence arm of the Venezuela government, Bret can only hope that his own “ace in the hole” will end up trumping the big money hand that the Chinese already have showing on the table.
The China Oil Plot is available on-line in paperback through Amazon and Barnes and Noble and at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore for a maximum trade discount in quantities of ten or more.
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback cream ISBN: 978-1-4327-9130-8 SRP: $12.95
Genre: Fiction/espionage/war and military/political
About the author:
Chuck Van Soye’s career has ranged from Army officer to chemical engineer to sales and writing/editing. He has worked extensively as a writer and editor for McGraw-Hill’s Chemical Engineering magazine. Chuck relaxes with fishing and wordsmithing. His other books include Pondering Life’s Imponderables, and Confessions and Misadventures of Charlie the Fisherman.
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/thechinaoilplot.
Outskirts Press offers high-quality, full-service self-publishing and book marketing services for writers and professionals who are seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining 100% of their rights, 100% of their profits, and 100% of the creative control. www.outskirtspress.com.
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After a twenty year career working for a U.S. Army research center, chemical engineer Bret Lee takes retirement at age forty-four only to find he can’t find a job in the bleak 2010 economy. Eventually, through an old quasi-government contact, he’s offered a job with a Venezuelan fertilizer company just outside Caracas.
The pay for the chemical engineering position is excellent, but there’s a hitch. He has to become a spy.
He accepts both roles, and soon he and his Chinese born wife are sorting through the military, political and diplomatic tangles they find in Caracas and the surrounding Venezuelan jungle. Pulling one string after another they soon uncover a looming international plot that could throw all of Latin America into turmoil and strangle strategic oil shipments to the U.S.
With help from the local CIA and with long distance guidance from Washington, Bret enters into a dangerous game of high stakes poker with China over Venezuelan petroleum reserves. After getting locked up by SEBIN, the menacing intelligence arm of the Venezuela government, Bret can only hope that his own “ace in the hole” will end up trumping the big money hand that the Chinese already have showing on the table.
The China Oil Plot is available on-line in paperback through Amazon and Barnes and Noble and at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore for a maximum trade discount in quantities of ten or more.
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback cream ISBN: 978-1-4327-9130-8 SRP: $12.95
Genre: Fiction/espionage/war and military/political
About the author:
Chuck Van Soye’s career has ranged from Army officer to chemical engineer to sales and writing/editing. He has worked extensively as a writer and editor for McGraw-Hill’s Chemical Engineering magazine. Chuck relaxes with fishing and wordsmithing. His other books include Pondering Life’s Imponderables, and Confessions and Misadventures of Charlie the Fisherman.
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/thechinaoilplot.
Outskirts Press offers high-quality, full-service self-publishing and book marketing services for writers and professionals who are seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining 100% of their rights, 100% of their profits, and 100% of the creative control. www.outskirtspress.com.
Outskirts Press, Inc., 10940 S. Parker Rd. - 515, Parker, Colorado 80134
http://outskirtspress.com 1-888-OP-BOOKS
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