About

Salvatore A. Croce MD

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.

Books

  • Existential Threat

    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!    ‎

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