The Cohort: Trust and Betrayal

Though slated for high command, Colonel Amadeus Ignazio "Skip" Schiaparelli abandoned his life in uniform when the Army no longer felt like home. Retiring to a contemplative existence in Italy, he is recruited by an American intelligence officer with an stirring proposal. Intrigued, if somewhat skeptical, Skip accepts the offer and is thereafter launched into a shadowy world of lies and deception which threaten many of his core beliefs.

Skip is a man committed to the ancient principles impar...