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Remmich/Miller #3
Fatal Identity
Spy craft between the United States and Iraq takes a turn for the deadly when Iraq teams up with Iran to steal highly classified scientific information.
Just as Majors Paul Remmich and Eric Miller are beginning to heal from their sly kidnapping ordeal in Europe, they encounter two Middle Eastern spies who infiltrate their secret post at Fort Belvoir. Clearly still in danger, the two officers are strategically sent to the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Using their classified decryption knowledge, they will teach foreign scientists participating in an international biophysics study. It should be a safe place to wait for the heat to die down.
Meanwhile, Iraq and Iran make an unusual pact. Little does LANL know that two of the visiting scientists are conspirators for Iran. Their sole purpose of stealing scientific information will aid their own country’s ominous plans. Fake names and altered facial features create facades for identities that can’t be verified.
To the Iraqi underground spy organization known as Tariq’Allah, the officers� presence becomes an obstacle as well as an opportunity for retribution. When both the officers locate the missing study, Iranians find out. They have a strategic plan to steal it. Unfortunately, when satellite communication between the spies and their country misfires, the hunt shifts from paper to human. A scramble to correct the mistake leaves the foreigners exposed and hoping for a quick getaway.
The FBI sets up surveillance which, when discovered, causes Tariq'Allah spies to be sent to correct the screwup and quickly flee the US. When the action shifts to Europe, CIA counterespionage agents thwart the foreigners in the US and Istanbul, but the outcome proves unexpectedly fatal.
Just as Majors Paul Remmich and Eric Miller are beginning to heal from their sly kidnapping ordeal in Europe, they encounter two Middle Eastern spies who infiltrate their secret post at Fort Belvoir. Clearly still in danger, the two officers are strategically sent to the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Using their classified decryption knowledge, they will teach foreign scientists participating in an international biophysics study. It should be a safe place to wait for the heat to die down.
Meanwhile, Iraq and Iran make an unusual pact. Little does LANL know that two of the visiting scientists are conspirators for Iran. Their sole purpose of stealing scientific information will aid their own country’s ominous plans. Fake names and altered facial features create facades for identities that can’t be verified.
To the Iraqi underground spy organization known as Tariq’Allah, the officers� presence becomes an obstacle as well as an opportunity for retribution. When both the officers locate the missing study, Iranians find out. They have a strategic plan to steal it. Unfortunately, when satellite communication between the spies and their country misfires, the hunt shifts from paper to human. A scramble to correct the mistake leaves the foreigners exposed and hoping for a quick getaway.
The FBI sets up surveillance which, when discovered, causes Tariq'Allah spies to be sent to correct the screwup and quickly flee the US. When the action shifts to Europe, CIA counterespionage agents thwart the foreigners in the US and Istanbul, but the outcome proves unexpectedly fatal.
277 pages, Paperback
Published November 2, 2021
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About the author
Karl Braungart
10Ìýbooks2,211ÌýfollowersBorn in Baltimore, Maryland, Karl grew up in the Catonsville area with four siblings.
While in the US Army and living in Germany, Karl gained hands-on experience in military intelligence during the Cold War. He worked in the administration of a security intelligence department, assisting soldiers completing security clearances and fingerprinting before submitting to the FBI for verification.
The military work also entailed seminar training to familiarize MI soldiers about Soviet/Russian espionage. Because the MI work also included driving the CO to intelligence meetings in Stuttgart, he was able to attend some meetings related to espionage matters as a bystander. While stationed overseas, Karl's travels throughout Europe helped develop his understanding of foreign cultural differences.
After serving, Karl worked full-time and part-time in commercial construction for financial support during college. He spent .seven years working in this area; attaining journeyman status. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, majoring in Political Science (International Affairs, Comparative Government), and minored in English Literature. After college, Karl worked as a construction manager for construction and engineering firms.
Karl has spent the last several decades maintaining his awareness of Middle East politics and social movements. Before retiring, Karl began to fulfill a long-held desire to write novels. Now fully retired, he has written four, one family saga and three espionage novels. He is in progress of writing the fourth spy novel. Karl is a member of the Eastern Shore Writers Association, the Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild, and the Maryland Writers Association. He attends the Creatures, Crime and Creativity conference annually as well as many others.
While in the US Army and living in Germany, Karl gained hands-on experience in military intelligence during the Cold War. He worked in the administration of a security intelligence department, assisting soldiers completing security clearances and fingerprinting before submitting to the FBI for verification.
The military work also entailed seminar training to familiarize MI soldiers about Soviet/Russian espionage. Because the MI work also included driving the CO to intelligence meetings in Stuttgart, he was able to attend some meetings related to espionage matters as a bystander. While stationed overseas, Karl's travels throughout Europe helped develop his understanding of foreign cultural differences.
After serving, Karl worked full-time and part-time in commercial construction for financial support during college. He spent .seven years working in this area; attaining journeyman status. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, majoring in Political Science (International Affairs, Comparative Government), and minored in English Literature. After college, Karl worked as a construction manager for construction and engineering firms.
Karl has spent the last several decades maintaining his awareness of Middle East politics and social movements. Before retiring, Karl began to fulfill a long-held desire to write novels. Now fully retired, he has written four, one family saga and three espionage novels. He is in progress of writing the fourth spy novel. Karl is a member of the Eastern Shore Writers Association, the Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild, and the Maryland Writers Association. He attends the Creatures, Crime and Creativity conference annually as well as many others.
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October 15, 2022
‘A scientific find + a mistake + a military immersion = International Suspense� � Bravo!
Delaware author Karl Braungart brings his extensive experience in military intelligence gained during the Cold War as well as his familiarity with Middle East politics and social movements to his Remmich/Miller Series. The triptych explores Russian, Iraqi, and Iranian spy tactics immersed in amazingly realistic stories. FATAL IDENTITY is Book 3 of the series.
A master at setting tone, Braungart opens this episode with a telling atmosphere: ‘Mahmoud Mousavi, the Iranian minister for international affairs, and Akbar Vafa, the principle foreign policy advisor, walked out of the administrative center of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme spiritual and political leader. It was late Thursday morning. Vafa wasn’t pleased because he’d lost the argument. Although his rank was higher than his adversary, the case wasn’t as convincing. He feared Iran’s existing economic restrictions would escalate. The minister was able to convince his superior to let him ally with Iraq to obtain a particular scientific study. The research proved leftover atomic energy in control rods wasn’t waste. Power plants could use it rather than leave it buried in caves…�
With a breathless pacing, this episode proceeds as follows: ‘Just as Majors Paul Remmich and Eric Miller are beginning to heal from their sly kidnapping ordeal in Europe, they encounter two Middle Eastern spies who infiltrate their secret post at Fort Belvoir. Clearly still in danger, the two officers are strategically sent to the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Using their classified decryption knowledge, they will teach foreign scientists participating in an international biophysics study. It should be a safe place to wait for the heat to die down. Meanwhile, Iraq and Iran make an unusual pact. Little does LANL know that two of the visiting scientists are conspirators for Iran. Their sole purpose of stealing scientific information will aid their own country’s ominous plans. Fake names and altered facial features create facades for identities that can’t be verified. To the Iraqi underground spy organization known as Tariq’Allah, the officers� presence becomes an obstacle as well as an opportunity for retribution. When both the officers locate the missing study, Iranians find out. They have a strategic plan to steal it. Unfortunately, when satellite communication between the spies and their country misfires, the hunt shifts from paper to human. A scramble to correct the mistake leaves the foreigners exposed and hoping for a quick getaway. The FBI sets up surveillance which, when discovered, causes Tariq'Allah spies to be sent to correct the screw-up and quickly flee the US. When the action shifts to Europe, CIA counterespionage agents thwart the foreigners in the US and Istanbul, but the outcome proves unexpectedly fatal.� For those who appreciate and enjoy tense drama that seeps out of spy thrillers, this book is a must read. Very well written and compelling.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book
Delaware author Karl Braungart brings his extensive experience in military intelligence gained during the Cold War as well as his familiarity with Middle East politics and social movements to his Remmich/Miller Series. The triptych explores Russian, Iraqi, and Iranian spy tactics immersed in amazingly realistic stories. FATAL IDENTITY is Book 3 of the series.
A master at setting tone, Braungart opens this episode with a telling atmosphere: ‘Mahmoud Mousavi, the Iranian minister for international affairs, and Akbar Vafa, the principle foreign policy advisor, walked out of the administrative center of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme spiritual and political leader. It was late Thursday morning. Vafa wasn’t pleased because he’d lost the argument. Although his rank was higher than his adversary, the case wasn’t as convincing. He feared Iran’s existing economic restrictions would escalate. The minister was able to convince his superior to let him ally with Iraq to obtain a particular scientific study. The research proved leftover atomic energy in control rods wasn’t waste. Power plants could use it rather than leave it buried in caves…�
With a breathless pacing, this episode proceeds as follows: ‘Just as Majors Paul Remmich and Eric Miller are beginning to heal from their sly kidnapping ordeal in Europe, they encounter two Middle Eastern spies who infiltrate their secret post at Fort Belvoir. Clearly still in danger, the two officers are strategically sent to the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Using their classified decryption knowledge, they will teach foreign scientists participating in an international biophysics study. It should be a safe place to wait for the heat to die down. Meanwhile, Iraq and Iran make an unusual pact. Little does LANL know that two of the visiting scientists are conspirators for Iran. Their sole purpose of stealing scientific information will aid their own country’s ominous plans. Fake names and altered facial features create facades for identities that can’t be verified. To the Iraqi underground spy organization known as Tariq’Allah, the officers� presence becomes an obstacle as well as an opportunity for retribution. When both the officers locate the missing study, Iranians find out. They have a strategic plan to steal it. Unfortunately, when satellite communication between the spies and their country misfires, the hunt shifts from paper to human. A scramble to correct the mistake leaves the foreigners exposed and hoping for a quick getaway. The FBI sets up surveillance which, when discovered, causes Tariq'Allah spies to be sent to correct the screw-up and quickly flee the US. When the action shifts to Europe, CIA counterespionage agents thwart the foreigners in the US and Istanbul, but the outcome proves unexpectedly fatal.� For those who appreciate and enjoy tense drama that seeps out of spy thrillers, this book is a must read. Very well written and compelling.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book
May 22, 2023
This is the third book I've read in a row of Braungart's and third in this series. This is a fantastic spy tale that moves at the pace of an action movie. I didn't think the stakes could be higher than before, but Braungart figured out how to make it work. I love how the Middle Eastern spy agency, Tariq'Allah, is woven into the story to create a realistic and dynamic plot along with the FBI. It feels big and global. Also, how people who aren't even focused characters interact with the world comes off as genuine. When Remmich and Miller were on the Air Force flight, the background conversations and how the uniformed chatted about various tension-filled countries and terrorism is something I could feel to my core. I loved that the National Lab had spies in their midsts. This is by far the best book I've read by Braungart so far, and its ending is bittersweet. I can't wait to read more by this author!
December 14, 2022
Fatal Identity is book 3 in Braungart’s Remmich/Miller series.
Remmich and Miller are both trying to recoup from the anguish of their kidnapping and espionage hypnotism from the Iranian underground group Tariq'Allah, but are still in danger so are posted to LANL (a safe place to hide) where they will use their classified knowledge to teach foreign scientists, however unbeknown to them two of the scientists are Iranian spies!
Author Braungart introduces some new characters into this, the final book of the trilogy. The stakes are high, and the excitement is explosive. Fatal Identity is as fast-paced and full of tense drama as the first two books in the series, so fans of Braungart’s books will undoubtedly love this one as well. I could absolutely imagine the series being made into an action movie along the lines of a Jason Bourne type of affair. I think I enjoyed Fatal Identity the most out of the series, and I’m unhappy if this does turn out to be the last instalment. Braungart is absolutely on my watch list. A brilliant novel and I highly recommended.
Remmich and Miller are both trying to recoup from the anguish of their kidnapping and espionage hypnotism from the Iranian underground group Tariq'Allah, but are still in danger so are posted to LANL (a safe place to hide) where they will use their classified knowledge to teach foreign scientists, however unbeknown to them two of the scientists are Iranian spies!
Author Braungart introduces some new characters into this, the final book of the trilogy. The stakes are high, and the excitement is explosive. Fatal Identity is as fast-paced and full of tense drama as the first two books in the series, so fans of Braungart’s books will undoubtedly love this one as well. I could absolutely imagine the series being made into an action movie along the lines of a Jason Bourne type of affair. I think I enjoyed Fatal Identity the most out of the series, and I’m unhappy if this does turn out to be the last instalment. Braungart is absolutely on my watch list. A brilliant novel and I highly recommended.
December 13, 2022
Fatal Identity (The Remmich/Miller Series Book 3) by Karl Braungart once again proves the author's skill in the development of this series. The author has again helpfully listed the characters and respective settings in this book at the beginning. From there, you jump right in and the plot explodes open on the first few pages. This time, Majors Paul Remmich and Eric Miller are sent to Los Alamos National Laboratory where they are somewhat safe from danger. However they soon find out that is not the case, and once more they must use their significant skills and wits to survive dangerous forces. This is a well-put-together book that will appeal to just about everyone who likes a fast pace and plenty of action. Recommended.
November 4, 2022
Karl Braungart brings in new characters and turns the heat up in Fatal Identity. Major Paul Remmich is cleared for active duty following a period of espionage hypnotism from the devious group, Tariq'Allah. He fights to prove he is well to others, as well as himself. Major Eric Miller accompanies Remmich to LANL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, to assist in training scientists from across the globe in atomic proficiency. Spies and Middle Eastern countries are determined to steal and kill for the intelligence to use for their own gain and the destructive power it will bring them. With a web of deceit surrounding the conniving leader, layers of unseen players need to be revealed.
I don't think Karl Braungart is ready to retire Remmich and Miller in this trilogy as he continues in Triple Deception. I have thoroughly enjoyed each of his novels as I journeyed alongside them. I highly recommend this author for his nail-biting skill in conspiracy thrillers.
I don't think Karl Braungart is ready to retire Remmich and Miller in this trilogy as he continues in Triple Deception. I have thoroughly enjoyed each of his novels as I journeyed alongside them. I highly recommend this author for his nail-biting skill in conspiracy thrillers.
January 11, 2023
Fatal Identity is the third and final book in the Remmich/Miller series, and what can I say apart from it’s brilliant! I didn’t think things could get any more exciting or tense after reading the second book in the series Counter Identity, but Fatal Identity turned out to be my absolute favourite.
Remmich and Miller are sent to Los Alamos National LaboratoryÌýso that they can both recover from their recent ordeals in safety, however all is not as it seems at the laboratory as they are about to find out.
I really hope author Karl Braungart brings more excitement from Remmich and Miller, i miss them already and I’m sure I’ll go back and reread all of the books. Each of these novels has been nail-bitingly exciting and full of drama. I’m sad to say goodbye to the Remmich and Miller characters as they were amazing and I’ve loved being alongside them for the ride. I definitely recommend this series to fans of the mystery / thriller genre, and I think each book in the series would also make great movies.
Remmich and Miller are sent to Los Alamos National LaboratoryÌýso that they can both recover from their recent ordeals in safety, however all is not as it seems at the laboratory as they are about to find out.
I really hope author Karl Braungart brings more excitement from Remmich and Miller, i miss them already and I’m sure I’ll go back and reread all of the books. Each of these novels has been nail-bitingly exciting and full of drama. I’m sad to say goodbye to the Remmich and Miller characters as they were amazing and I’ve loved being alongside them for the ride. I definitely recommend this series to fans of the mystery / thriller genre, and I think each book in the series would also make great movies.
February 13, 2023
Here we go again! This is the third installment of the Remmich series by Karl Braungart. Things have not settled down- Paul Remmich and Eric Miller begin to think it has but quickly realize that is not the case. They were trying to spend some time healing after being kidnapped and hypnotized but unfortunately, they do not have time for that. The Iraqi underground spy organization, Tariq’Allah is still at it and not giving up. Just when you think the stakes can’t get any higher, Braungart, surprises us with what he has in store in this book. Miller and Remmich are sent to Los Alamos National Laboratory in hopes of keeping them away from danger. But are they safe? They quickly realize it is not safe for them there and they most once again use their skills to help them survive. It is yet again another fast-paced espionage thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat and guessing until the end.
January 3, 2023
I can’t believe we’re already at book three in this amazing series. Reading this was like stepping into the midst of an action movie, and watching it play out right in front of me. Braungart has a mastery of action scenes and building tension, and it really makes the story enjoyable. After Miller and Reimmich’s ordeal in the previous edition, I was curious to see what fate would have in store for them, and I wasn’t disappointed. There’s top secret information on the loose, enemy spies, and an old enemy out for revenge. Watching them navigate the twisted and secretive world of espionage will keep you captivated for hours. You really do need to read books one and two before this, and it may have been the best book yet, and I would rate it higher if I could.
September 20, 2024
The book could not keep my interest. Got tired of all the chapters that ended with...they had burgers and beer and went home.
January 19, 2023
We have come to end with the third series of Remmich/Miller. While Remmich and Miller are sent to Los Alamos National Laboratory together for recovering and safety, the adventure is not over yet. As the military strategically plans for the capture of Adnaw and Tara, meanwhile they manage to stay ahead but for how long. The entire series was fast paced, but I felt this one was a little bit slower than the first two. If I had to choose to a favorite the second would be my winner but still a great read. If you enjoy espionage, and military books jump in now. Karl's military background has created a well in-depth series that is very interesting to read.
June 13, 2024
This is the third Braungart book I've read in a row and the conclusion to this trilogy. He concludes the trilogy with a thrilling spy story that rushes along at an action movie clip.
This section unfolds at a frantic pace as follows: "Just as Majors Paul Remmich and Eric Miller are starting to recover from their cunning kidnapping nightmare in Europe, they meet two Middle Eastern spies who penetrate their covert position at Fort Belvoir. The two officials are carefully dispatched to the Los Alamos National Laboratory even though they are obviously still in danger (LANL). They will impart their specialised decryption knowledge to overseas researchers taking part in a global biophysics project. It ought to be a secure location to wait for the heat to pass. Iran and Iraq forge an unexpected agreement in the meanwhile. LANL is unaware that two of the visiting scientists are Iranian agents.
It's a well-written book with a lot of action and brisk pacing that will appeal to almost everyone.
You might like to check out more similar books
This section unfolds at a frantic pace as follows: "Just as Majors Paul Remmich and Eric Miller are starting to recover from their cunning kidnapping nightmare in Europe, they meet two Middle Eastern spies who penetrate their covert position at Fort Belvoir. The two officials are carefully dispatched to the Los Alamos National Laboratory even though they are obviously still in danger (LANL). They will impart their specialised decryption knowledge to overseas researchers taking part in a global biophysics project. It ought to be a secure location to wait for the heat to pass. Iran and Iraq forge an unexpected agreement in the meanwhile. LANL is unaware that two of the visiting scientists are Iranian agents.
It's a well-written book with a lot of action and brisk pacing that will appeal to almost everyone.
You might like to check out more similar books
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