Salvatore Croce is a retired pulmonary/critical care physician with a passion for storytelling. He has hung up his stethoscope and taken up the quill. Now in touch with his creative side, his character-driven stories inform a unique world view, blending intense realism with cautious optimism and a profound sense of interpersonal connection. When not out traveling the world, he now resides in southern New Jersey with his loving wife and avid co-conspirator of over fifty years, close to all of his children and grandchildren, who enrich his life and his writing immeasurably.
Agent James Suozzo—a CIA agent expecting his retirement—receives a message and is called back into action when one of his former cases regarding the destruction of Yersinia pestis—a weaponized plague—is reopened. The vials of the deadly bacteria are stolen, and the theft traces back to Marina Orlov—a sleeper agent—and her brother, Nikolai. Nikolai works for Yelena Petrenko—Suozzo’s ally and one of the prime suspects. From Istanbul’s shadowed alleys to Odessa’s war-torn highways, Suozzo and Yelena must outmaneuver spies, assassins, and an unfolding Russian invasion to prevent a global catastrophe. Existential Threat is a thriller where every second is crucial and every face is a suspect!
