Russia Rising: A Timely International Thriller Written by a Former US Intelligence Professional and International Journalist

Written by a former intelligence professional, Russia Rising is an international espionage thriller set within the tensions between Russia and the West. It tells the story of a global confrontation that erupts following the “Teddy Bear” bombing of Belarus by Finnish and Estonian-American human rights activists. It takes places in Finland, Estonia, Russia, Belarus, and the United States.

David Ivanovich Markoff, a CIA operative and analyst, arrives at the CIA Helsinki Station after falling out of favor at CIA Headquarters under suspicion aroused by his Russian heritage. 
In Finland, Markoff survives an assassination attempt, becomes entangled in a moral and career crisis when he attempts to assist a Belarus KGB-imprisoned Estonian-American human rights activist, and encounters Finnish SUPO, Belarus KGB, Estonian KaPo, the Israeli Mossad, Russian SVR/FSB, and Helsinki-based criminal motorcycle gangs. 

With twists involving a United States Ambassador to Finland, the precarious, paranoid world of CIA reality, the authoritarian police state of Belarus, and an impending confrontation between Finland and Russia, Russia Rising provides a thrilling journey as David tries to survive the power, politics and corruption of the United States diplomatic world. 

This novel was the subject of an interview in Helsinkin Sanomat: https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000005046207.html. Also, you can read about life as an international correspondent in Finland from the article Mr. Chanowitz published in the 1990s here: https://archive.org/details/2991Copy

Finland readers can obtain a free hardcopy of the novel at the local library. It is also available on Amazon to purchase. See here: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Seth+Chanowitz It is in some US libraries. 

See my other Finland-Soviet Jewish international thriller inspired by true events, "Return To Little Russia".  It is available here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/699431 and on the internet archive: https://archive.org/details/ReturnToLittleRussiaREV3COVER2_201801

About the Author:

See blog: https://schanowitz.wixsite.com/website  You can read about Mr. Chanowitz's Helsingin Sanomat interview, past journalistic articles, his White House and Congressional experience, and experiences in Finland at the website/blog,  Also learn about his novel "Return to Little Russia."

Mr. Chanowitz is the author of the internationally selling spy thriller novel, "Russia Rising", which is available on Amazon and was featured in Finland's largest newspaper "Helsingin Sanomat." His novels are also stocked in libraries in the United States and throughout Finland. He is a former intelligence analyst and journalist, who has worked at the Terrorist Threat Integration Center and the National Counter Terrorism Center. As an analyst, Mr. Chanowitz authored numerous analytical assessments for policy makers within the United States government. 

Mr Chanowitz also authored numerous feature articles for“Monitoring Times Magazine” and “Satellite Times Magazine” relating to international radio and satellite broadcasting issues. For two years, he wrote and produced radio commercials for Senatorial and Congressional campaigns in Washington DC for a congressional committee. He also possess a decade of experience working for the United States government through out the US and in 14 countries in Africa and Eastern/Western Europe.

Mr. Chanowitz lives in the United States and Nordic countries, where he engages in consulting and authoring spy-related thriller novels. He has lived and worked in Helsinki, Finland. He has also worked for the United States government in refugee camps in Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, and at United States Consulates and Embassies in Russia, Germany, and Serbia. He has completed 40 marathons, half-marathons, and ten-milers in the United States, Kenya, and the Nordic Countries. He speaks with degrees of fluency in Spanish, Finnish, Hebrew, and Russian.