Dear Reader,
You see the cover, read the back and think: "Oh my God. Why should I read something by an 81-year-old author? Old men are almost always negative! Who is this old man from Germany anyway, and what qualifies him to call himself a writer?"
Thank you, dear reader, for making it this far. Because this gives me the chance to say who is really sitting behind this typewriter. I truly believe that I have had a somewhat unusual journey, and it has shaped me to my core.
I was born in 1943 during a bombing raid on Berlin by British and US bombers. It was quite close, as I welcomed the world in an air raid shelter while explosions and fires raged outside. Perhaps this has left its mark in my genes. From then on, believe it or not, I lived in permanent crisis management:
My girlfriend Martina had a child at 18 with me, I was 19. Not easy at all. We had no money for a family. So I joined the German Air Force, climbed the ranks, made a career, flew 2,000 hours in Phantom and Tornado fighter jets and survived three critical flight accidents. My guardian angels really did a great job. By that time, I had also learned how to deal with personal and political crises, as I represented German interests in NATO in Brussels. But then I became curious about the world outside and left the military as a colonel in general staff service at the age of 50.
You want to know more about your author? Okay. I then was trained in London as a special agent for kidnapping and extortion, build up my own company, helping people in crisis situations with my task force in over 300 cases. I sold the company and became a crisis counselor for people confronted with sudden death in the family. Pure crisis management, and now not for pay, but out of love for humanity. I love people.
Meanwhile, I processed much of my experiences in political thrillers that made me well-known in Germany. Readers say I am the German Tom Clancy. I find that a bit exaggerated, but I feel honored. My books all have a current political backdrop and always end well. I want my readers to be able to sleep well after a page-turner.
I myself couldn’t sleep well when I witnessed how, 500 miles east of me, Putin invaded Ukraine just to annex a country he believes belongs to him. After two years of war, I thought about how to solve the problem in new book. So, I researched in Kyiv, Moscow, and flew with my plane to the Baltic States and Poland, where people are even more afraid of a Russian attack than in Germany. It took about six months, and then I was ready for the plot of my new thriller:
A group of oligarchs led by Alexei Sokolov wants to overthrow the Russian President Ivan in Moscow. Just as Brutus and the senators did with Julius Caesar in Rome on the Ides of March. The plan is clever, but Alexei has a problem. He is having an affair with Yulia, the partner of the Russian President. Both are under pressure, as Ivan knows something. On the flight to Moscow the plane with Alexei and Yulia on board is hijacked. The Ukrainian hijacker demands the release of his brother from Russian captivity. When the Russian President refuses, a drama unfolds in the skies over Europe. The hijacker shoots the crew. The plane is without pilots and is programmed to crash into the Berlin Reichstag. The German government considers shooting down the passenger plane, which is legally forbidden. Crisis management between Berlin, Kyiv, and Washington is under enormous time pressure, as the plane is running out of fuel. The former elite soldier Marc Anderson and his family are also on board. They are invited to a wedding celebration in Vilnius. Marc’s wife, Jelke, pleads with her husband, a hobby pilot, to save them all. He and Alexei go into the cockpit and try to take control of the ailing Boeing 737-300. Their chances are extremely slim.Will they manage to fly and land the plane? What will happen to the Russian President, who knows of his partner's betrayal?
At this point, I have to stop. But you can be sure: the ending is spectacular. By page 180 at the latest, you’ll want to know how it continues. Otherwise, you won’t be able to relax. At least, that’s what the readers of the German novel say.
The book contains all the elements that my readers love: an exciting story against the backdrop of the current political situation, featuring the hero Marc Anderson, who suddenly wavers but then rises again, with love, sex, and plenty of flying. So, it's a thriller from real life. My life.
By the way, I’ve been married to the young girl from back then for 60 years. We have two wonderful sons and three grandchildren. And my next Marc Anderson thriller is already in the pipeline.
81 is not old, right?
Enjoy The End of the Kremlin Czar by a German bestselling author.
He is known as a respected expert in the media on security-related topics. He volunteers as an emergency counselor and is a member of the Crisis Intervention Team (KIT Bonn) of the German Foreign Office. He is a private pilot, married, with two sons and three grandchildren.
In 2002, Trauboth wrote the now out of print standard work “Crisis Management for Company Threats”.
In 2016 the follow-up work was published with Jörg H. Trauboth as editor in collaboration with five authors: “Crisis Management in Companies and Public Institutions”.
Terror expert J. H. Trauboth presented his debut novel in 2015 with the Germany thriller “Three Brothers”. (Available in English). In 2019 “Operation Jerusalem” followed and in 2020 “Omega”. The trilogy is about the former elite soldier Marc Anderson and his team. With these three self-contained thrillers, Trauboth is rated by many readers as the “German Tom Clancy.” The trilogy is available as a printed edition, eBook and audio book.
His first detective novel, “Jakobs Weg” (German), followed in 2021. The highly explosive topic of “sexual abuse of children” is processed sensitively in a scenario on the Way of Saint James and at the end offers contact options for those seeking help.
In 2022, the novella “Bonjour Saint-Ex” was published (German) in which the passionate pilot Jörg H. Trauboth turns the last flight of the legend Antoine de Saint Exupéry into an exciting literary event.
Readers wanted a sequel to the Marc Anderson series. In 2023, ZarenTod – Das Ende der Präsidenten was published, a highly topical political thriller. The Russian president and new tsar, Ivan Pavlenko, suddenly shows his true face during the war in Ukraine. He wants the old Soviet Union back. The world is on the brink. The influential oligarch, Alexei Sokolov, wants to prevent Ivan’s megalomaniac plans and is planning a fundamental new beginning for Russia. To achieve this, the Russian president must be removed. But the plan goes awry. Ex-elite soldier Marc Anderson intervenes. Will Czar Ivan die? What will become of Europe? The book 8/ 2024 in English „The Death of the Kremlin Czar” is the fourth political thriller in the Marc Anderson series.
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The poison attack is perfectly prepared, but the Boeing with the oligarch Alexei Sokolow, his lover and over 100 passengers on board is hijacked by a Ukrainian terrorist and is supposed to crash over Berlin after knocking out the crew by shooting. Former elite soldier Marc Anderson is on board with his family and takes over with Alexei. The two flight amateurs try to get control. Will the landing and the assassination succeed or will the Kremlin Czar strike back brutally after realizing the role of Yulia?
The Death of the Kremlin Czar is available at Amazon (U.S. edition) and Amazon (German edition).
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