"Beware Nostalgia is sexually provocative." This psychological thriller is a love story, or more defined- one that demonstrates what the absence of love can do to one man with unresolved conflicts that lie dormant within his psyche, and now reappear, to create a transformed evil entity. Court Blanchard is a decorated homicide detective who is shot by an unknown assailant while answering a "shots fired" dispatch. Blanchard desires to return to work, but is obstructed by Madison Tisbee, the police contracted psychotherapist. But what is compelling Court Blanchard into a self-destructive journey toward the dark abyss of insanity? The secrets lie behind the closed doors of his unconscious mind as he searches to discover what is driving his destructive obsessions toward the lost loves in his past life. Is it the traumatic shooting that challenges his sexuality or is it some event in his past that causes him to become a threat to those whom he loves? Has the past gripped him into a nostalgic journey to solve the problems of the present? Or is his whole life and mind being manipulated by some other influence beyond his control? Court Blanchard is becoming a modern dark archetype to be feared.

A crime novel of intrigue, deceit and treachery. This true story follows the twenty five year career of a Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent from rookie on the streets of New York City to senior manager of DEA=s money laundering undercover operations on three continents. His story parallels his professional life with the growth of cocaine use in the United States and the proliferation of its trade into a multi-billion international industry. Whether it be the Mafia, La Costra Nostra, the Colombian Cartels, Mexican Syndicates or the Russian Mob, Tom Clifford=s undercover shell corporations and financial storefront businesses penetrated into the inner financial world of the Drug Kingpins. By establishing undercover store fronts in different cities in the United States, Canada and Europe, the undercover operations were the largest enterprises established by the United States government to counteract the money laundering activities of organized crime. Clifford proves that the globalization of crime is here and the cooperation between different national crime organizations forebodes a dark vision for our social, economic and political systems. The book contains lessons and strategies from the failed War on Drugs that need to be modernized for our present War on Terror.

The book is a collection of stories: assignments from a long and enjoyable engineering career as well as anecdotes and experiences from summer jobs, vacations, and consulting. The focus is technical; each little story pivots on some scientific principle. The intent is three-fold: a) genealogical: to capture descriptions of a lifetime of fun times and accomplishments for descendents who might be curious about old great-grandpa Tom; b) to inspire a next generation of youngsters to consider pursuit of engineering, science, and critical thought, as a door to a fruitful life; and c) to try to bridge that pervasive "boring and/or over-my-head" gap by showing that "engineering" concepts are essentially common-sense and intuitive (you learned them in kindergarten playground), and the jargon should not be off-putting. The book's message: Engineering/science can be fun; it happens every day and everywhere; a degree is not a prerequisite.

A crime novel of intrigue, deceit and treachery. This true story follows the twenty five year career of a Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent from rookie on the streets of New York City to senior manager of DEA=s money laundering undercover operations on three continents. His story parallels his professional life with the growth of cocaine use in the United States and the proliferation of its trade into a multi-billion international industry. Whether it be the Mafia, La Costra Nostra, the Colombian Cartels, Mexican Syndicates or the Russian Mob, Tom Clifford=s undercover shell corporations and financial storefront businesses penetrated into the inner financial world of the Drug Kingpins. By establishing undercover store fronts in different cities in the United States, Canada and Europe, the undercover operations were the largest enterprises established by the United States government to counteract the money laundering activities of organized crime. Clifford proves that the globalization of crime is here and the cooperation between different national crime organizations forebodes a dark vision for our social, economic and political systems. The book contains lessons and strategies from the failed War on Drugs that need to be modernized for our present War on Terror.

"Beware Nostalgia is sexually provocative." This psychological thriller is a love story, or more defined- one that demonstrates what the absence of love can do to one man with unresolved conflicts that lie dormant within his psyche, and now reappear, to create a transformed evil entity. Court Blanchard is a decorated homicide detective who is shot by an unknown assailant while answering a "shots fired" dispatch. Blanchard desires to return to work, but is obstructed by Madison Tisbee, the police contracted psychotherapist. But what is compelling Court Blanchard into a self-destructive journey toward the dark abyss of insanity? The secrets lie behind the closed doors of his unconscious mind as he searches to discover what is driving his destructive obsessions toward the lost loves in his past life. Is it the traumatic shooting that challenges his sexuality or is it some event in his past that causes him to become a threat to those whom he loves? Has the past gripped him into a nostalgic journey to solve the problems of the present? Or is his whole life and mind being manipulated by some other influence beyond his control? Court Blanchard is becoming a modern dark archetype to be feared.