James Boschert grew up in the then colony of Malaya in the early fifties. He learned first hand about terrorism while there as the Communist insurgency was in full swing. His school was burnt down and the family, while traveling, narrowly survived an ambush, saved by a Gurkha patrol, which drove off the insurgents.
He went on to join the British army serving in remote places like Borneo and Oman.
Later he spent five years in Iran before the revolution, where he played polo with the Iranian Army, developed a passion for the remote Assassin castles found in the high mountains to the north, and learned to understand and speak the Farsi language.
Escaping Iran during the revolution, he went on to become an engineer and now lives in Arizona on a small ranch with his family and animals
About The Author Over the past three decades, Marshall Riggan has written more than 200 scripts for non-theatrical film and television.
These scripts have been for films and television productions that have won countless awards, including an EMMY for a documentary researched and written in China for ABC News. Twice films he wrote were selected for the PBS Eudora Welty Americana Award as The Best Short American Film of the Year. Two years running, his films were selected by the Outdoor Writer's Association as the best nature films of the year.
His assignments have taken him to the far reaches of the globe, including projects in India, Vietnam, Thailand, many regions of Africa, Indonesia, the Caribbean, the Arctic, and many countries in Central and South America. Along the way, he has ghost-written three published novels, written several published short stories and two books for young readers. For nine years, Mr. Riggan and his wife, Betty, lived, worked and cruised aboard their sailboat, the good ship Fandango, until hurricanes chased them ashore.
They now live in Dallas, Texas, near their four children and their families.