Over forty years ago the British Government warned the Italian Government; "Don't trust the Russians." The author was there. Today, forty years later, Newsweek echoes the same warning to any country that puts its energy sources at the political whim and fancy of Mr. Putin. And what of the warnings that the United States Government was given over sixty years ago that Mao-Ze-tung was not the 'second coming of the Messiah'? The author was there. And he seethed in rage and torment as he tried to sleep on the steel deck of a United States evacuation LST while he heard the 'Messiah's guns laying siege to Beijing. But all good things come to an end, even the bad ones, and meeting the Queen of England at the Prime Minister's residence, The Temple Trees, in Ceylon and issuing an invitation to His Royal Highness to play polo more than compensated the author for his first evacuation. But the reasons for his second evacuation from Cairo and his family's evacuation from Beirut are not quite as clear as he would like. Hearing about them might give the reader some thoughts about the difficulties faced by their fellow citizens who serve them abroad.

Jacai Taylor is the owner of Expressions Magazine. From one’s perspective on the outside, her life was perfect! She had the notoriety, she’s a millionaire and she had the best support system from her friends that anyone could ask for. You would think she would be the happiest woman alive right? Wrong. What more did she need?! If you asked her, she’d give you one word: REVENGE! She had one priority that kept her from being content. She needed to find the man responsible for her parent’s death and give his life a refund! The last thing Mateo Barnes wanted to do was get involved with anything where estrogen carriers were concerned. He had sworn off women and had made a one man protest against love. He was estranged from his neurotic family and he was quite happy about that; his life was perfect! That was until he came face to face with his past and the additional baggage that had attached itself to it! Neither one of them believed in Family, Forever or Love, but family secrets would force them to choose to either die to keep their secrets or face the consequences of the exposure of The Darkest Truth!