Novella · Libya, 1990
The Quiet Betrayal
An Espionage Story
Libya, 1990. A chemist inside Qadhafi’s chemical weapons program begins to question the regime he serves — and the CIA sees an opportunity.
Espionage fiction & memoir
Eric L. Qualkenbush
A sailor on the Gunline off Vietnam, then thirty-five years in the Central Intelligence Agency. He writes about what those worlds were really like — the risks, the relationships, and the human judgments behind them.
Latest
Novel · Illinois, 1861
The Long Road to LovingtonA Civil War Novel Based on the True Story of Samuel S. Boggs
In June 1861, twenty-one-year-old Samuel S. Boggs left his family, his friends, and the small farming community of Lovington, Illinois, to answer President Lincoln’s call for volunteers. Like thousands of young men across the North, he believed the rebellion would be put down quickly and that he would soon return home. Instead, the road ahead would carry him across hundreds of miles, through some of the hardest fighting of the Civil War, and ultimately into the nightmare of Confederate captivity.
The books
Novella · Sofia, 1985
A Line Through Sofia
A Cold War Espionage Novella
Sofia, 1985. A Bulgarian State Security officer secretly volunteers to spy for the CIA — then is posted back behind the Iron Curtain.
Memoir · USS Ouellet, 1972
Grand Opening
From Ohio to the Gunline, A Navy Memoir
A Navy memoir of 1969 to 1972: from a small Ohio town to the Gunline off North Vietnam, as a Radarman aboard the destroyer escort USS Ouellet.
Novel · Illinois, 1861
The Long Road to Lovington
A Civil War Novel Based on the True Story of Samuel S. Boggs
June 1861. A young farmer leaves Lovington, Illinois, to answer Lincoln’s call — and his road home runs through Chickamauga and Andersonville.
Coming soon
Memoir · A CIA career
The Accidental Cold Warrior
A CIA Officer’s Journey Through The Cold War
The memoir of an unlikely thirty-five-year CIA career — from young case officer to Chief of Station in three countries, and the family who moved with him.
