Robert Wade has an enviable career as an international software trainer. And he has a wonderful family with a beautiful wife and two little children, soon to be three.

Like everyone else, on the eve of Y2K Robert is unaware of the terrorist cells that threaten domestic soil with biological weapons and nuclear arms, at least not until an old friend comes back into his life with an inauspicious proposal.

What kind of a friend would offer Robert a proposition that could jeopardize everything he holds dear? And why would he accept?

Discover the controlling power of unrequited love and betrayal in a story that's one part youthful nostalgia about growing up in the ’80s and two parts white knuckle thrill ride with plot twisting suspense that will keep you on edge.

Reviews:

Torridian hits a home-run with his first novel. The real-life characters in The Trainer create a believable yet highly entertaining story. It will grab you immediately and have you anxiously flipping pages until the end.

— Brad Johnson

If you grew up in or around the ’80s, The Trainer will feel delightfully nostalgic. It’s a smartly written, historically relevant thriller, where the author assists the reader with his picturesque words.

— Kelly Keaton

Take a nostalgic stroll through the ’80s when the world was still safe and innocent, long before Y2K, when the Internet didn't have chat rooms, blogs, or even web pages. Get ready to pull an all-nighter, get propelled to the present, where the constant threat of terrorism reigns supreme, and where one man's choice between the present and the past is really no choice at all. You will never look at the blinking light on your computer the same way again.

— Natalie Trach