Ric Prado Black Ops-The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

For the first time in the Central Intelligence Agency’s history, a covert operator of major rank and standing pens a fully operational memoir. Ric Prado’s BLACK OPS: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior(St. Martin’s Press) lays out this decorated hero's twenty-four career fighting in the shadows to protect a nation and home that welcomed him at his most desperate hour as a child of communist repression. In BLACK OPS, Prado shares the harrowing true stories of life in the deadly web of international assassins, spies, revolutionaries, terrorists, and killers. He reveals how he and his fellow CIA officers devoted their lives to operating in the shadows to fight a little-seen or known war to keep the U.S. safe from those intent on destroying the nation. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Enrique “Ric” Prado spent a legendary twenty-four year career in the Central Intelligence Agency spanned two era’s: The Cold War and the Age of Terrorism. Mr. Prado received the CIA Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal (highest award given upon retirement) and the George Bush Award for Excellence in Counterterrorism, among others. He is a paramilitary, counterterrorism, and special clandestine operations specialist, and served as an Operations Officer in six overseas posts. Upon leaving public service, Prado worked as an executive at a private military contractor where he built a specialized operations team. He is currently the co-owner of Camp-X Training, where he continues his service training and supporting the SPECOPS community, teaching Advanced Special Operations and Techniques among other essential skills.