The Cohort

<p>Though slated for high command Colonel Amadeus Ignazio Skip Schiaparelli abandoned his life in uniform when the Army no longer felt like home. Retiring to a contemplative existence in Italy he is recruited by an American intelligence officer with an stirring proposal. Intrigued if somewhat skeptical Skip accepts the offer and is thereafter launched into a shadowy world of lies and deception which threaten many of his core beliefs.</p><p> </p><p>Skip is a man committed to the ancient principles imparted to him by his father: trust friendship and honour. He surrounds himself with friends both old and new who share those same beliefs. But even in Eden there was a snake and betrayal threatens this new life of brotherhood and fraternal fidelity that he creates.</p><p><br></p><p>Whatever the challenge Skip follows his guiding principle that trust is earned not given. But in a world of deception can one man trust his own instincts?</p>