Hocus Potus by Malcolm MacPherson

Malcolm MacPherson is a journalist and author of twelve fiction and non-fictionbooks, including, most recently, his bestseller about the Afghan war, Roberts Ridge.He served in the Marine Corps in Vietnam, and worked as a foreign correspondent for Newsweek for twelve years, covering the Yom Kippur war and other notable events.Most recently, he reported from Iraq for Time Magazine while living in thepresidential palace in the newly formed “Green Zone.” He lives in Virginia with his wife.