Shipping clerk, elevator operator, diesel mechanic, salvage diver, draftsman, telephone lineman and installer, Fred Seden has done them all. He spent 4 years in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict followed by 33 years with the Bell System. He now writes the kind of adventure stories he liked to read while growing up in New York City. He has written 7 Murder Mysteries. A year of enjoyable research resulted in this, his third Historical Novel.