Basketball Diplomacy

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Review:"Elder Maxwell travels with RMs (returned missionaries) who work for the CIA in the disguise of basketball players with the direction of the President's Intel Agency to report anything that looks suspicious and help with a world crisis as he spreads the Gospel. The Intel Agency promises great rewards with even greater risk as he finds himself spreading the good word to Kim Jong around the event of an exhibition game with BYU. The games occur as world events become serious and the coach is the only informal, diplomatic channel able to reach Kim Jong. The events include American involvement in a North Korean cargo ship hijacking and being in North Korea during a coup by a the military. Other military and spy characters are caught up in the intrigue of a President who may see WWIII. While in North Korea, Maxwell encounters others who are involved with the national crisis and have few options. This is a fictional account with all characters that may resemble or depict actual people being purely fiction. Author:Born in Sacramento, California, to native, New Yorker parents. He grew up in Ogden, Utah, and lives in the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin of Salt Lake City, Utah. Since graduating from The University of Utah and Baruch College (CUNY), he has written over twenty journals and published books. Prior to writing, he worked in Advertising at Lowe & Partners in New York.