What if the greatest military strategist in history was a little man living in a New York warehouse? But no one knew he existed…until a game began. 1980. In the shadows of the Cold War, the Pentagon’s most decorated general is about to discover the greatest strategic mind he’s never heard of—a forgotten man in a crumbling warehouse with an army of tin soldiers and a genius for war.
The Foxbat Strategy is a gripping, darkly elegant Cold War thriller where espionage meets obsession. The story centers on Michael Norman Baroni, a reclusive, seemingly harmless janitor living among rusted mannequins, handmade war machines, and decades of simulated battles—until his uncanny tactical brilliance is drawn into a deadly international game. When a Soviet assassin begins executing diplomats with ritualistic precision and paranoia infects the highest levels of American intelligence, Baroni becomes the unlikely keystone in a war neither side understands.
The Foxbat Strategy delivers espionage with a literary edge—blending the power of Tom Clancy and John le Carré with the thrills of The Bourne Identity, the humor of True Lies and the depth of Marathon Man
Tense, character-driven, and deeply cinematic, The Foxbat Strategy is a high-stakes psychological thriller with franchise potential, offering a layered, suspenseful narrative that speaks to power, paranoia, and the games we play—on tables and on battlefields.
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