Cuban Confetti

1962. The fear of sparking World War III permeates the air as the relations between Russia, Cuba, and the United States of America grow more and more strained… 

Why are so many Russian freighters bound for Cuba? 

What does the Russian expression porokhovyye konfety mean? 

Why does it appear on a shopping list stolen from Castro’s desk? 

What lures buccaneering Helm Rust away from his idle life in the Florida Keys surrounded by women and booze — and, more importantly, why?

Although prematurely retired from the CIA, Rust is still a player in the game, a compulsive risk-taker with deep-seated loyalties and ties to The Company that could prove to be an occupational hazard.

With one eye on Cuba and another on the Soviet Union, he is quick to sense there is a game in the air. 

What instinct cannot tell him, however, is that those bizarre words — porokhovyye konfety, translated as ‘powdered sweets’ — have the potential to make him the hottest property in one of the hottest games ever. 

Receiving word that his father is in trouble in Moscow, Rust sets out on a perilous journey that just might cost him his life — and discovers that the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

Through the fraught events of that summer and autumn, Rust discovers that patriotism and betrayal are not such strange bedfellows after all… 

But there are still loyalties to be honoured and debts to be paid. 

The real question: How far are the Soviet Union and the United States willing to go?

Cuban Confetti is an engrossing thriller that keeps you hooked, whilst simultaneously imparting a new understanding of the Cuban Missile Crisis and its heroes.