New Novel Explores Biological Weapons Attack on US

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - July 29, 2013 - PRLog -- Charles S. Faddis is a retired CIA operations officer and author. In this, his third novel, he explores the implications of a biological weapons attack on the United States. Faddis spent tweny years in the Near East and South Asia and retired as the head of CIA's WMD terrorism unit. This fast paced thriller is also all too real and all too possible. "Caffa" goes on sale on 12 August 2013.

"Caffa" is the third in the thrilling 'Aphrodite" series of books. The books follow the adventures of former CIA officer, Bill Boyle, and his lover, Eleni Paraskevi, a former member of a Greek terrorist group.


The name "Caffa" is derived from the name of the Crimean city attacked by Muslim forces in the first known use of biological warfare. The Muslim army, decimated by the plague, resorted to catapaulting the bodies of their dead over the walls of the city in an attempt to spread the pestilence inside.  The terrified defenders fled by boat to Italy and brought with them the Black Death, which ravaged Europe for decades.