What do you do when your dream vacation collides with a plot for a new holocaust? That’s the question faced by history buff and federal prosecutor Jeff Trask and his wife on what was supposed to a bucket list getaway to Athens. They meet an old friend who warns them that the cradle of democracy—along with two other capital cities—has been targeted for nuclear destruction by the Islamist regime in Iran, and that the bombs—purchased from Putin’s stockpile in Russia—are set to go off in days. Trask has to decide if they will stay and try to locate the bomb in Athens, or try to escape from Greece before it’s too late. Author Marc Rainer adds another volume to the award-winning Jeff Trask Crime Drama series with this foray into the realm of international espionage. "Marc Rainer crafts another powerful Jeff Trask novel, proving his prowess at moving the nonstop action away from American soil and onto the desks and grounds of operatives whose political and anti-terrorist objectives intersect in surprising ways. The tension is superbly developed, the motivations and secrets of opposing forces play off nicely to the point of revelations readers sometimes will see coming and sometimes will not, and the characters and their motivations come to life against a vivid backdrop of discovery and interpersonal connections. Libraries and readers who have thoroughly enjoyed the numerous other Jeff Trask thrillers produced by Marc Rainer will find the action and international flavors of Oracle further expands the series while standing entirely alone as well-constructed, engrossing work particularly and notably powerful for its tense twists and turns." - Diane Donovan, Editor, Donovan's Literary Services (Find the full review in the November's issue at Donovan's Literary) ". . . an edgy international thriller which gave me chills. Oracle takes us away from the usual Law-and-Order style story that is the Jeffrey Trask series, but this new story focusing mainly on Buck is an exciting thriller which mimics real life politics and shows the deadly repercussions once political goals outweigh human lives. But is also shows that the there are people who will risk their own lives in exchange for millions of innocent people. I love the Jeff Trask series but would equally enjoy this new espionage series featuring Howard Buckley, and I hope we build a new group of trusted spies and former spies that we can count on to keep our world safe." - Lucy D. eBook Obsessed I wrote this book  before  the tragic and barbaric events of October 7, 2023, not to capitalize on them in any way. I am actually sorry that the events in this work of fiction turned out to be as prophetic as they now seem. Still, the stream of events and policies that led up to that attack made these predictions almost easy to forecast. Let us all hope that they stop short of the worst possibilities.