BENEATH THE RINGS: A geopolitical thriller from the two-decade NBC Olympic producer who knows what the cameras show and what they hide.

Joe Battaglia spent more than two decades producing Emmy-winning coverage of the Olympic Games for NBC. He knows what the cameras show. He knows what they do not.Now he has written the thriller only he could write.The Doha 2040 Summer Olympics are supposed to be the world's greatest celebration of sport. Instead, they become its most dangerous stage.On the second night of competition, twelve Israeli and Lebanese athletes vanish from the Athletes' Village. No struggle. No witnesses. No trace. Just silence and a single message bearing the mark of a group no intelligence agency has ever heard of.The Obsidian Hand. Half a trillion dollars. A deadline the world cannot ignore.Veteran journalist Nova Mendelsohn has reported from war zones and political flashpoints. She is not supposed to be part of this story. But a cryptic note in Ancient Arabic and a local merchant who knows far more than he should pull her into something far older and far more dangerous than a ransom plot.Her investigation will take her from the gleaming Olympic Village into Doha's shadow corridors and out onto the blood-soaked desert where centuries-old vengeance is about to reach its final act.This is not about the Games. The Games are just the cover. What lies beneath them has been waiting for a very long time and Nova may already be too close to survive finding out.Perfect for readers of Daniel Silva, Vince Flynn, and Daniel Levin. If you love geopolitical thrillers built on real insider knowledge, Beneath the Rings is written by someone who was actually there. Read more