Barry L. Becker
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Barry L. Becker is the author of The Ericksen Connection. Previously, he was a marketing consultant with experience in the biometrics security industry from 1992-2014. He served as vice-president of international sales and marketing from 1984-1991 for Eyedentify. The company specialized in eye-retinal technology for positive ID. In 1987, his article entitled “Eyedentify counters security threat,” appeared in The Journal of Defense and Diplomacy, Volume 5, Number 8. Mr. Becker is a graduate of San Francisco State University. He and his wife live in Portland, Oregon.
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The Ericksen Connection, Second Edition (A Mark Erickson Thriller Book 1)
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Fiction, Espionage Thriller, Political Thriller, Terrorism
The Ericksen Connection is an Espionage Thriller about betrayal, PTSD, corruption, conspiracy and terrorism. Mark Ericksen, the former Navy SEAL Team Six operator and successful Oregon businessman was all about duty, honor, and country. He resigns his commission in 2002, and over the next several years works for three defense contractors, maintaining his top secret security clearance while hiding his PTSD. In 2009, the CIA receives actionable intelligence about a wealthy Saudi terrorist mastermind who needs the EyeD4 Systems’ biometrics encryption communication system to coordinate his sleeper cell operatives in launching a horrific nuclear attack on American cities. The CIA director meets with Ericksen, EyeD4 Systems’ executive vice-president at Langley. When America urgently needs his services again, the CIA tasks him for Operation Avenging Eagles to sabotage the plot. Can Ericksen avoid discovery and thwart the nuclear attack before a network of sleeper cell terrorists achieves their evil plans? Read a sample at: https://www.barrylbeckerauthor.com/
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The Ryzhkov Vendetta
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Espionage Thriller: Terrorism, Assassinations, Treason
Alexander Leonidovich Ryzhkov, a Russian oligarch and a former general in the Russian Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU), runs a covert operation in the Middle East, supplying Saudi terrorists with four Russian nuclear suitcase bombs to target two American cities. A CIA operation (Operation Avenging Eagles) thwarts the planned attack and kills many Russian operatives, including his brother Sergei Ryzhkov. The oligarch is out for revenge. Ryzhkov approached a former CIA station chief and offered him money in exchange for the CIA operatives' names. Armed with this intelligence, he launched his vendetta, targeting the former CIA operatives Mark Ericksen, now CEO of EyeD4 Systems, his fiancée, Kate McDonald, a banking consultant, and Lars Wahlberg, COO of EyeD4 Systems. Can Ericksen and his former operatives avoid the assassins' poisoning and killing efforts, thereby turning around the deadly game of hunter and prey? Read a sample at: https://www.barrylbeckerauthor.com/
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