Brad M. Meslin

Brad M. Meslin has spent more than 35 years working at the intersection of the aerospace and defense industry, private equity, and national security, as a diligence advisor and investor. Managing a leading advisory firm engaged in hundreds of transactions across the globe, Meslin has gained a deep understanding of geopolitics, national security programs and capabilities, and the missions they support. The Moldavian Gambit is his first novel. The Moldavian Gambit A taut, heart-pounding geopolitical thriller inspired by actual events, The Moldavian Gambit catapults readers into a world of nuclear blackmail, political deception, and high-stakes espionage. In the summer of 1991, as the Soviet Union teeters on the edge of collapse, a violent uprising erupts in the Soviet Republic of Moldavia. Amid the chaos, a portable nuclear weapon is stolen from a secure armory by nationalist forces seeking to blackmail the Kremlin.