As the USSR began to crumble, three men met secretly in Gorki Park in Moscow. The meeting was short, intense, and followed two goals: destroy the western economies and spread communist ideology across the globe. Teamed up with the Russian Mafia, the three unleashed the pits of Hell onto the world at large. Political corruption, brutal assassinations, and criminal cover ups: The second book of H. Dean Baugh's "The Roots of Power" cycle, "The Roots of Power II: The Collusion," is a suspenseful thriller set in the aftermath of the Cold War. H. Dean Baugh and his wife are the happy center of a large family of children and grandchildren. The retired career soldier, war veteran, and security expert is now living his passion in a small German village, writing. His current work is "The Roots of Power" cycle. In addition, he has previously published "The McArdel Diary: Saga of an Irish American."