Ivan Papov is a hunted man. Scorned by the Russian intelligence services he enters the world of elicit arms trading and drug trafficking. He plays a game of cat and mouse with the FSB and the CIA as he seeks to obtain the ultimate weapon of destruction. Can one man stop him? The reluctant American spy sent to deliver Papov to his fate must battle the deal makers and power players of the world. The second novel, The Painted Dawn, by author Robert J Torres, a writer of fast action crime and thriller drama. His debut novel, Zero Sum Game, introduced the characters you love, as Marine Sergeant Tom Wilson returns in The Painted Dawn. ~Judge, Writer’s Digest 21st Annual Self-Published Book Awards- "these scenes have an authentic ring to them,..." "The author, a USAF veteran, knows this world well."~