ARCHIE ALAFRIZArchie Alafriz retired a 27-year veteran of the RCMP. He served more than half of his career as a threat finance specialist in the National Security Program. There, he enjoyed many successes in the anti-terrorism front. His first novel is a fiction bsed on the best plausible game theory analysis of the events that led to 9-11. He explains how "false" realities and storylines are created as a matter of tradecraft; oftentimes for political purposes. To label someone a terrorist dehumanizes them, he says. The label places limits to our perception and prevents us from seeing the marginalized, the disenfranchised and mentally compromised. Archie wrote this story in hopes of diminishing our fears and opening our hearts to compassion. It's hard to believe, he says, that halfway around the world a child lays awake at night, in fear that we may come for him or his parents. Today, Archie is a consultant for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing based in Vancouver, Canada. Read More Read Less