W&M Writers of Washington: The Righteous Arrows, by Brian Morra

After collaborating to thwart nuclear war in The Able Archers, Kevin Cattani and his Soviet counterpart, Ivan Levchenko, developed a deep mutual respect-but in The Righteous Arrows, they are working against each other. Cattani, despite serious misgivings, conducts a perilous covert mission inside a Soviet bunker and barely escapes with his life, putting himself on a collision course with Levchenko. Their ultimate confrontation comes on a battlefield during the brutal Soviet war in Afghanistan, where Levchenko issues the Americans an ominous warning that will echo for decades.
Foreshadowing the global war on terror, former Air Force Intelligence officer Brian Morra illuminates the stubbornly persistent rivalry between the US and Russia in this heart-stopping story of international espionage and war.
The conversation was moderated by Sasha Prokhorov and Elena Prokhorova, professors of Russian Studies at William & Mary.