Joseph Badal

Evil Deeds: Inspired by Actual Events Joseph Badal

?Evil Deeds? is the first book in the Bob Danforth series, which includes ?Terror Cell? and ?The Nostradamus Secret.? The reader can follow the lives of Bob & Liz Danforth, and of their son, Michael, from 1971 through 2011. ?Evil Deeds? begins on a sunny spring day in 1971 in a quiet Athenian suburb. Bob & Liz Danforth?s morning begins just like every other morning: Breakfast together, Bob roughhousing with Michael. Then Bob leaves for his U. S. Army unit and the nightmare begins. A rebel Gypsy band abducts Michael and spirits him to Bulgaria. So begins a twenty-eight-year journey that takes the Danforth family from Michael's kidnapping and Bob and Liz's efforts to rescue him, to Bob's forced separation from the Army because of his unauthorized entry into Bulgaria, to his recruitment by the CIA, to Michael's commissioning in the Army, to Michael's capture by a Serb SPETSNAZ team in Macedonia, and to Michael's eventual marriage tothe daughter of the Gypsy who kidnapped him as a child. It is the stops along the journey that weave an intricate series of heart-stopping events built around complex, often diabolical characters. The readerexperiences CIA espionage during the Balkans War, attempted assassinations in the United States, and the grisly exploits of a psychopathic killer. ?Evil Deeds? is an adrenaline-boosting story about revenge, love, and the triumph of good over evil.