Deadly Cargo introduces and relates the adventures of Chris Barrow, a retired special forces veteran who finds himself enmeshed in a multi-ethnic plot to introduce weapons of mass destruction in to the U.S. Murder follows, as do the whirlwind events that take him from a resort on the South China Sea to sinister dens in Malacca.It has been described as .. .a thought provoking and enjoyable roller-coaster ride of emotions.
Erik Carlsen is the pseudonym of an American who has lived for many years in Europe and East Asia and continues to travel widely throughout the world. An accomplished horesmann his youth and an enthusiastic pilot when still in his teens, he became an avid sailor after service in the Navy during World War II. He has degrees from the University of Chicago and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Indiana University. The Republic of Finland honored him with the Order of the Lion of Finland. His travels behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War and many trouble spots since have inspired short stories and a memoir published two years ago.