Satan's Touch is a Cold War spy thriller, based on the author's real life experiences working for CIA. The novel is a tale of malice and greed, the fast-paced action of Ludlum spiced with the sinister logic of Le Carre. Satan's Touch is the story of a man trained by the KGB and still having its power behind him. Driven by twisted obsessions, he's determined to find something he was forced to abandon years ago. What's he looking for? It will be difficult to answer that question. Satan's Touch destroys all clues to his search with fires so hot they melt concrete into glass. (His arsons are based on a series of unsolved burns, done by professional arsonists who've eluded Interpol and our FBI.) The arsonist made certain his only opponent is a broken ex-CIA operative, Alec Ryder, now working for Interpol. Following the arsonist's trail, Alec discovers the closer he gets to the truth, the more Ryder himself becomes a hunted animal."