Wolf Pelt: Cold War in Greece, Love, and Trust Revealed In 1951, the newly established American CIA is getting its feet on the ground. A bankrupt British empire sells its cash-happy cousins a mole-ridden campaign to overthrow the Albanian communist government. The Brits call this armed insurrection Operation Valuable, and the CIA Operation BG/Fiend., Read More
I like Greece. I have a loving family there and have visited many times. The devastation wrought on this small country by fascist occupation during World War II, and the stalking Civil War that followed, set the stage for Wolf Pelt. In 1951, Greece began stepping away from the worst years of torture, fratricide,, Read More
I am pleased to announce the launch of American Andarte: An OSS Commando Fights for Greece, available through many sellers in eBook and paperback. For those who read The Greek Boxer, Book #1 in my series, “The Greek Stories,” thank you. The two books have different settings and tones. The Greek Boxer is told, Read More
American Andarte will launch on January 30, 2026. It’s a long book, roughly 430 pages, minus endnotes, photographs, bibliography, maps, and an acronym key. I apologize to anyone expecting the industry standard 230-page issue. It’s a big story to tell. The first part of the book will introduce you to Stavros, the protagonist, and, Read More
One of many things the American OSS commandos in Greece found unusual was the incorporation of female fighters into the armed resistance against the Nazis. The largest Greek resistance organization, EAM-ELAS, which the Americans fought alongside, was left-led and encouraged women to fight and to vote within its ranks. In American Andarte, Stavros, the, Read More
How did I choose the settings for my four-book series, The Greek Stories? Greece has an interminable history with infinite inflection points. So, yes, it was tough, but not actually. My family’s history in America starts a few years before the first book, The Greek Boxer. My grandfather and fictionalized protagonist, Harry Hantzis,, Read More
From The Tide of Deception: Mystery on the Coast of Maine by Steven James Hantzis We love our house on Barters Island, and we’re lucky enough to have deep water. We keep our 25-foot C-Dory, Catleen, on our float. One of the easy-to-get-to destinations, only minutes away, is a narrow passage called Oven’ Mouth., Read More
September 4, 2025 Editorial Response to Washington Post: On WWII anniversary, China seeks to erase U.S. role in victory (September 2, 2025) Americans played a crucial role in the World War II effort in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater. China had no indigenous arms capability save clubs and stones. American railway operating battalions, like my, Read More
I was delighted to hear from a professor of history at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom last week. He wrote: I read it for the first time about a year ago, and then taught with it last semester in my senior undergrad class on China’s international connections during the second world, Read More
The Tide of Deception readers were one step ahead of the public in understanding the recent 8.8-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. A close reading of the Washington Post on July 30 found a discussion of submarine landslides as depicted in Deception. From the Post: Why one of the world’s, Read More