Regis Books, 2026
An Imprint of Ruby Rock Films LLC
Cover by Frauke Spanuth of Croco Designs
ISBN: 978-1734476941 (eBook)
ISBN: 978-1734476958 (paperback)

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Book #5 in the Aleksandr Talanov thriller series

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Cell phone image of Talanov.

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Larisa Petrenko at the West Texas ranch of Congresswoman Diane Gustaves.

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Dr. Shawni Juma on her dirt bike in central Africa.

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Talanov’s adopted daughter, Jingfei Cho, with Larisa, onboard the C-5 Galaxy bound for Africa.
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Talanov’s longtime friend and Director of KTAC, Bill Wilcox, onboard the C-5 Galaxy military aircraft bound for Africa.
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COMING MAY 17, 2026

FROM THE COVER:

The assignment to extract Dr. Shawni Juma from the war-torn “Eye of Africa” should have been a simple in-and-out for Talanov and his tactical team. Dr. Juma had spent months in the region gathering evidence about Talanov’s former KGB colleague, Istvan Szabo, who had been employing a rebel army to kidnap women and children from refugee camps. Question is, were the victims being sold as slaves into the cobalt mines of the Congo, or was something more horrific going on? But as the rescue helicopter is touching down in the early-morning darkness, a traitor opens fire and Talanov is thrown from the helicopter, where he is stranded and left for dead. So a maverick plan is hatched to go and get him.

As expected, the plan incurs the fury of politicians who have been profiting off Szabo’s trafficking activities. Their response is an infiltration of the team to make sure the rescue mission fails. At stake is Dr. Juma’s electronic tablet, her SATCOM, which contains video evidence that links Washington’s elite with Szabo’s atrocities. If that evidence is brought before Congress and the courts, charges of treason will be just the beginning.

So begins a deadly cat-and-mouse game, with Talanov and Dr. Juma managing to stay one step ahead of the rebels. Their goal: to liberate the latest truckload of refugees headed for the Congo. But just when success seems imminent, Dr. Juma is shot, and Talanov is suddenly faced with an impossible choice: saving Shawni or the truckload of prisoners. Talanov refuses to abandon Shawni, and with the rebels closing in, Shawni Juma forces a decision that will haunt Talanov forever.

AUTHOR’S NOTE

The backdrop of this book is human trafficking and I chose not to sanitize the issue. It is a horrific practice and one of immense profit for perpetrators who destroy countless lives for the sake of greed and power. But neither did I want to portray in overly-graphic detail the actions of those perpetrators. So I chose to paint the “broad strokes” and let you, the reader, imagine the rest. There is some “language” used in this book, too, but not in a gratuitous sense. Nor are there any sex scenes or smut. I personally think they are unnecessary so I don’t employ them. In  short: Into the Eye is the style of book I like to read, so it’s the style of book I wrote.

REVIEW COMMENTS

“Excites at every turn.”
— Mari Carlson, The US Review of Books