It was a time of walls. A great wall surrounded the free people of Berlin. An "Iron Curtain" cut East Germany off from West Germany. Those behind these walls were trapped, lived in slavery, and fear of a dictator threatening world domination and nuclear war. Far beyond the walls and across a great ocean, the young Senator John F. Kennedy, who was running for US President, ignited the hearts of his nation. He talked of serving humanity and building a "New Frontier" for world peace. Yet the world was still at war-the Cold War. In this pre-free-love beatnik Cold War Era of 1960's America, we see the world through the eyes of John Warner, recent college graduate-turned soldier stationed in West Germany near the East German and Czechoslovakian Iron Curtains. All he wanted was to be a simple soldier and serve his country against the Soviet Union's threat of worldwide Communist domination. But fate throws him into the murky world of Black Market smugglers, CIA and KGB spies, and assassins targeting Kennedy and other world figures.About the Author: US ARMY Lieutenant Colonel (LTC), Military Intelligence (Retired, 20 years of combined active duty and reserve service) US Army Intelligence AGENCY, CHIEF OF INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION, Supervisor Intelligence Specialist, GS-0132-14, CIVIL SERVICE USAF Senior Intelligence Analyst and Psychological (PYOSP) Senior Analyst, CIVIL SERVICE GG-0132-15, Step 7 (Retired, 25 years Intelligence service) US Army Military Intelligence Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Burch (Retired, 20 years of combined Active duty and Reserve service) is a natural-born researcher, analyst, and storyteller who 'spins' a mean yarn, and his editor Major Lori Alaniva (USAF Retired) helps Steve weave it into a polished story. Both are students of history, myth, lore, and legend. In their former lives, they served in the intelligence community during times of conflict and 'in harms way' during the 'Cold War' Era. Steve Burch also served in three civilian intelligence communities as a Senior Intelligence Specialist. Lieutenant Colonel Steve Burch and Major Lori Alaniva encountered characters whose feats and eccentricities bordered on the fantastic. Trained to look into the past to predict the future, they are dreamers who never lost the thrill of exploring, unravelling, and solving puzzles. In addition to the fictional paper back and e-Kindle books Cuckoo Clock Spies" (2016), other books and e-Kindle include: "Magic Tattoo" (2015), "Romancing Boudica" (2014), "Vampires in the Vatican" (2014), and "Adventures of Snaggletooth and Burrhead" (2014). Steve and Lori co-authored two other non-fictional paperback historical 'spy' books such as: "Imperfect Spies" (2000) and "Reluctant Spies" (2001).