Mark O’Neill is the award-winning author of the German spy thriller Department 89 series, which have been compared in Amazon reviews to books by Daniel Silva, Dan Brown, Mark Dawson, and Clive Cussler. Its main protagonist, Major Sophie Decker, has been called “the female equivalent to James Bond and Jason Bourne.”Originally from the UK, Mark is now permanently resident in Germany where he lives with his wife and dog. You can find Mark on the web at markoneill.org