Greek Stories

Wolf Pelt: Cold War in Greece, Love, and Trust Revealed In 1951, the newly established American CIA was getting its feet on the ground. A bankrupt British empire sells its cash-happy cousins a mole-ridden campaign to overthrow the Albanian communist government. The Brits call this armed insurrection Operation Valuable, and the CIA Operation BG/Fiend. Infiltration and logistics flow from Greece, a country overrun with spies from far and wide.The protagonist, Stavros, returns to teaching after World War II and his service in the OSS as commander of a Greek operational group. There, he wreaks havoc on Germans, learns "the Greek way," and falls in love with the captivating Dimitra. After the war, the couple remains in a long-distance romantic relationship. The CIA recruits Stavros to return to Greece posing as an academician working on his PhD. His actual mission is to organize a "cultural influence group" and support logistics for Operation BG/Fiend. He and Dimitra, now working with the Archeological Society of Athens, engage in a serious and challenging relationship. Stavros encounters much local color as he winds his way through Greece. Personalities are not always what they seem, and Stavros falls into a precarious relationship with devious Penelope, "the mouse."SeriesWolf Pelt is Book #3 in "The Greek Stories," a four-book series. For a full background on Stavros, Wolf Pelt's protagonist, please read The Greek Boxer, Book #1, and American Andarte, Book #2. Steve authored his first book in 2017, published by the University of Nebraska Press. His second book, is set for release May 10, 2025, by Alinet, LLC.A retired international union representative turned author; Steve worked for more than thirty years in the American labor movement at the highest levels of union administration finishing his career at the International Association of Machinists headquarters.Childhood on a forty-acre farm in Central Indiana gave Steve a love for nature. He attended Indiana University, where he studied political science and later taught in IU's Division of Labor Studies. His degree in Labor Studies is from Antioch University. Steve's working career has spanned far and wide. Before entering the American Labor Movement as professional staff in 1984, he worked as a railroad freight brakeman-conductor.Steve and his wife, Kathleen, enjoy traveling, especially to their families in Greece and Ireland. They relax at their pleasant home in Maine. Hobbies include tennis, boating, fishing, and home projects. Steve also enjoys writing.