In today’s episode, we meet author J.A. “Joe” Walsh, whose debut novel, “Purpose of Evasion,” takes its title from the CIA oath.

Joe brings his practical experience as an Army Intelligence officer and his work in counter-terrorism to create his first in the Sami Lakhani Thriller Series, where Sami, a new kind of spy hero, is faced with a ticking clock to prevent the next hotel explosion in a series of explosions on U.S. soil planned by enemies, both foreign and domestic.

We start the show with Joe reading from the prologue of the book where we meet a highly placed government employee who has the ear of the President and who is planning something under the table, without oversight and particularly illegal.