James C. Sheers (1925-1970) was a prolific film & television documentary writer-producer (If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Belgium, The 150 Lira Escape, etc) and was the author of two novels, the spy adventure Counterfeit Courier and the western Fire in his Hand. The author photo is AI-generated.
Judson Van Horn is a U.S. spy who is growing weary of the game...and the killing. He is the personification of brute menace, powerful, clever, tough and pitiless. And he knows that his latest mission could force him into betrayal and murder in the name of God and country. But he does it anyway, because that is who is he is....and all he knows.