Los Angeles in the 1950s was a hotbed of police corruption, gang turf wars, and the threat of nuclear war loomed like a shadow over the whole country. LA Private Detective Harry Panik, along with his handpicked team from his many years in covert WW2 operations, are charged by President Truman with infiltrating the secretive country of North Korea. The task? Save the world.
The world owes Harry and his crazy crew a thank you for their heroics, but will never know about this highly secret operation.
After reading this tale of deceit, treachery, sabotage and murder, please keep the information top secret and share with no one.
Mare Dennis Bruder was born in Los Angeles and served with the US Navy Special Forces in Vietnam from 1968 to 1971 followed by a psychology degree from the University of California, Northridge then an MBA from Pepperdine University. From 1974 to 1979 Bruder served as a Los Angeles County Deputy Probation Officer. The beginning of 1980 was the beginning of Bruder's work in the entertainment industry as a movie distributor to broadcasters worldwide. For the past 40 years BRI (Bruder Releasing Inc.) has been at the forefront of program content licensing to networks, stations, channels, and platforms globally with all genres and categories of programming. Marc is married to Diedra Ann Dunham Bruder for 30 years and recently moved from Santa Monica, California to La Quinta in the California desert for more golf days. Mystery Of The Black Lotus was written in 10 days and the next follow-up novel will be “Operation Panik”... stay tuned.