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It is 1946, the American Mafia is successfully setting up shop in Cuba. The newly formed CIA is concerned that the American gangsters are developing close ties with the Soviets, who are slowly increasing their presence on the island. The CIA calls upon two of its agents, Erika Lehmann and Zhanna Rogova. The women are sent to Havana to infiltrate the mob and gather intelligence. The two women successfully insert themselves into the mob's inner circle, becoming bodyguards for Bugsy Siegel. Things run smoothly for a time, but that was not to last after the Soviets send their top assassin to Cuba.

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The four most dangerous women in the world, codenamed the Shield Maidens, are thrust into the 1946 Havana Conference of leaders of the top Mafia families in the United States. They soon discover the Mafia chieftains Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Albert Anastasia are meeting secretly with Soviet agents to negotiate the sale and distribution of opium through the New York waterfront operated by mob controlled and Communist infiltrated labor unions. Hope for Valhalla continues the spy thriller saga of former German agent, Erika Lehmann, now working for the precursor to the CIA. In the sixth book of the series, Mike Whicker continues to amaze readers with his masterful blending of thorough historical research, intriguing characters and suspenseful, fast-paced storylines. -- David L. Jones. Esq., Military Historian

The four most dangerous women in the world, codenamed the Shield Maidens, are thrust into the 1946 Havana Conference of leaders of the top Mafia families in the United States. They soon discover the Mafia chieftains Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Albert Anastasia are meeting secretly with Soviet agents to negotiate the sale and distribution of opium through the New York waterfront operated by mob controlled and Communist infiltrated labor unions. Hope for Valhalla continues the spy thriller saga of former German agent, Erika Lehmann, now working for the precursor to the CIA. In the sixth book of the series, Mike Whicker continues to amaze readers with his masterful blending of thorough historical research, intriguing characters and suspenseful, fast-paced storylines. -- David L. Jones. Esq., Military Historian

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Mike Whicker has written six successful spy novels, a dramatic novel, and a biography

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