"Engaging, involving, and illuminating. It's a walk through a time in history that makes readers wish they had been there." -Joe Kilgore, The US Review of Books

Ambitious young reporter Martin Bass wants nothing more than a job at the New York Journal-Gazette. When his opportunity arrives, there’s a catch: first he has to find the paper’s star foreign correspondent—Lowell McGlynn, highly decorated veteran of the liberation of France—who’s currently on an epic bender somewhere in New York City. But finding him is the least of Bass’ troubles. In order to get McGlynn back to his post in Paris, he’ll have to protect the brilliant but self-destructive war hero from the gangster he’s crossed and the mistress he’s spurned. Most of all, Bass will have to out-maneuver McGlynn’s deadliest enemy—Lowell McGlynn.

Set in 1957, Hero of the Good War is a rollicking tale of old New York and Paris wrapped around a sobering portrait of combat’s forgotten casualty: its victor.

"If you're looking for an excellent classic noir spy thriller, you're in luck. Nick Goulding has produced the next sensation with Licosa. I literally couldn't put it down." -Brad Whittington, award-winning author of The Reluctant Saint and others

He was looking for a fortune, not a story. But as journalist Martin Bass tries to find a shipwreck off the Italian coast, innocent locals start dying under suspicious circumstances. As much as he tries, Bass can’t ignore the fact that a killer has come to town and brought with him a ruthless political agenda. Before long, his reporter’s curiosity lands Bass and his crew in the middle of a Cold War conspiracy with global ramifications. Left versus right. Communist versus fascist. The political quickly becomes personal, and as threats converge from all sides, Bass will have to sacrifice the story, the fortune—or everything that matters.

Licosa is the first book in the Gladio series. Inspired by a real-life top-secret operation in Cold War Europe, it combines the intriguing characters of a classic spy novel, the moody atmosphere of a noir mystery, and the riveting action of a great thriller.