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Deep Cover, Shallow Graves is a political minefield filled with high-level government corruption and top-secret CIA military covert operations.  Robert Plumlee, a former contract operative for the CIA, and Ralph Pezzullo, a New York Times bestselling author, guide us on an incredible journey through a no-man’s land of political intrigue and covert CIA and Pentagon military operations sanctioned by the White House.   Fall/Winter 2025 release    *** William Robert (Tosh) Plumlee was born in 1937. At 14, he joined the Texas 49th Armored Division at Dallas’s Love Field Airport, despite being underage. Later, in 1954, he transferred to the regular army and was attached to the 4th Army at Fort Bliss, Texas.  Eventually, he was reassigned to the 4th Army Reserve a specialized Military Intelligence Unit at Dallas Love Field. He obtained his pilot’s license in 1956 and soon after began working as a pilot for clandestine CIA aviation companies, which were CIA front companies transporting arms to Cuba before Castro took power. 1956-63. Miami Florida  From approximately 1962 to 1963, he was assigned to a specialized Task Force, TF-W Section—C-7 tab B and D, known as the Cuban Project, which operated from the JM/WAVE station in Miami, Florida’s Cuba Desk of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The Cuban Project. Some years later, after a brief retirement from military life (1963 to 1974), in 1983, he was reactivated. He became an undercover operative and contract pilot for the federal government during President Reagan’s Drug War. He was assigned to a secret team known as the 'America-Mexico Special Operations Group' (“AMSOG”), headquartered at the Panama Southern Command as a pilot, where he became associated with the Contra Resupply Network.  Mr. Plumlee has testified in closed-door sessions to various Senate and Congressional Subcommittees. In 1964, shortly after President Kennedy’s assassination, he gave testimony to the Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover; in 1975-76, he also testified in a closed-door session to Senator Church, classified Top Secret; and he gave testimony in 1978 to Congressmen Tom Downing’s investigators before the HSCA was formed. In 1990-91, he gave sworn testimony to Senator John Kerry’s Committee and twice to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; and the Senate Intelligence Committee, August 2, 1991, and May 7-15, 1992. His testimony to these committees was also classified Top Secret Committee Sensitive. Mr. Plumlee worked undercover operations for the Arizona Tri-State Task Force and later testified to the Drug Task Force committee in New Mexico, chaired by Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt.   Ralph Pezzullo is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning playwright and screenwriter and host of the popular podcast Heroes Behind Headlines. His books have been published in over twenty languages and include Jawbreaker (with CIA operative Gary Berntsen), Inside SEAL Team Six (with Don Mann), The Walk-In, At the Fall of Somoza, Plunging Into Haiti (winner of the 2006 Douglas Dillon Prize for American Diplomacy), The Chopin Manuscript (winner of the 2008 Audio Book of the Year), Eve Missing, Blood of My Blood, Most Evil, The Navy SEAL Survival Handbook (also with Don Mann), Zero Footprint, Left of Boom, Full Battle Rattle, Ghost, Saigon and the SEAL Team Six thrillers Hunt the Wolf, Hunt the Scorpion, Hunt the Falcon, Hunt the Jackal, Hunt the Fox, Hunt the Dragon, Hunt the Viper and Hunt the Leopard.  His latest books, The Great Chinese Art Heist (Pegasus Crime) and Stolen Elections: The Plot to Destroy Democracy(HBH Books) will be released later this year. His podcast Heroes Behind Headlines is ranked in the top ten for documentaries and history in the US and six other countries around the world.  

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“Tyranny always masquerades as benevolence.” With that stark warning, In Trudeau’s Kitchen propels readers behind Canada’s most photographed front door and into an astonishing true account of power misused and trust betrayed. When acclaimed author and former lawyer Jeff Brown accepts an unexpected invitation from Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, he believes he is lending his words to a noble campaign for gender equality. Instead, he soon finds himself trapped in a four‑year whirlwind of manipulation, surveillance and politically driven intimidation that nearly costs him his life.    Part political exposé, part psychological thriller, and part spiritual memoir, this book peels back the polished veneer of the Trudeau brand to reveal a world where public virtue masks private dysfunction and where dissent is silenced with the slickest of smiles. Brown’s raw narrative draws on his own childhood battles against bullies and a near‑death experience during the ordeal, charting a harrowing journey from hopeful collaborator to hunted whistle‑blower.    Written on what the author calls “a battlefield of creativity and terror,” In Trudeau’s Kitchen serves both as a personal catharsis and a clarion call for radical transparency. Readers who devoured Catch and Kill or Fire and Fury will find the same page‑turning urgency here, tempered by Brown’s hard‑won belief that authentic courage can outshine manufactured charisma. This is the story Canada never expected and the cautionary tale every democracy needs.   In Trudeau’s Kitchen is more than an exposé on the invisible world operating behind the scenes. This book also represents the archetypal Hero’s Journey. It is the candid account of a lone wolf citizen, steadfastly committed to speaking truth to power, while facing unimaginable attack and betrayal. Jeff Brown exposes the shockingly raw facts of his story, while eloquently blending keen personal insights, characteristic wit, and hard-earned wisdom—inviting readers to meet their own lives with greater courage and confidence.    Brown’s story is every person’s story of finding their way through impossible circumstances, on the wings of faith and instinct alone. In fighting for his own dignity, he fights for the dignity of us all.    No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, In Trudeau’s Kitchen is a revolutionary act—a heroic journey that will empower you to meet the challenges of your own life with courage, faith, and unstoppable conviction. Jeff Brown’s story will rebrave us and leave us with no other option: It’s time to fight for our right to the light.    A Fall/Winter 2025 release.

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