The Eagle and the Cross - Softcover

R.J. Pineiro is the author of several techno-thrillers, including Ultimatum, Retribution, Breakthrough, Exposure, Shutdown, and the millennium thrillers 01-01-00 and Y2K.  He is a seventeen-year veteran of the computer industry and is currently at work on leading-edge microprocessors.  He was born in Havana, Cuba, and grew up in El Salvador before coming to the United States.  Pineiro holds a degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University, a second-degree black belt in martial arts, and is a licensed private pilot and a firearms enthusiast.  He has traveled extensively through Central America, Europe, and Asia.  He lives in Texas with his wife, Lory, and his son, Cameron.

PRAISE FOR R.J. PINEIRO

"Pineiro’s writing has the force and polish of a veteran suspense novelist."--Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wild Fire

"Pineiro boosts the action level and goes international."--Publishers Weekly on Firewall

"Move over, Tom Clancy, there is a new kid on the block."--Library Journal on Firewall

"Firewall is a finely spun tale as you are likely to read. The well executed plot twists keep you riveted. Fiction of the first order."--Clive Cussler

"Pineiro scrunches you into the ejection sheet and sends you rocketing aloft."--Dean Ing, New York Times bestselling author, on Firewall

"Fascinating, stupendous, and terrifying."--Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author, on Havoc

"The purest techno-thriller I've seen in ages."--Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author, on Ultimatum