The Secret Man

        By the age of twenty-four, Frank Dux was already an internationally renowned and controverisal figure in the martial arts, holding numerous world martial arts records. Dux was the only Occidental to win the no-holds-barred Kumite competition. But this very public figure - the real-life subject of the Jean-Claude Van Damme film Bloodsport - also had a hidden career known to few.

        Recruited by Bill Casey himself, Dux became the U.S. government's best, most secret weapon. "I want you mean and nasty," said Casey. Dux followed his orders.

        In The Secret Man, Frank Dux reveals for the first time the shocking truth of his top-secret missions for the CIA. Dux's assignments were outside normal channels, free from Washington's pencil-pushing buraucrats, deniable by the powers-that-be. But Dux paid a high price for his independence. At any moment he could be left out in the cold, unprotected by the very people he worked for, his work unacknowledged, his life in jeopardy.

        Intense early training in the martial arts by a demanding Japanese teacher gave Frank Dux a rare mental and physical discipline that served him well in the notoriously dangerous arena of intelligence gathering. The third generation of his family involved in intelligence work, Dux also had extensive ties to the world of international organized crime.

        The CIA utilized Frank Dux's extraordinary skills around the globe. Dux gained legendary status on both sides of the Iron Curtain, even receiving the rank of captain in the Soviet Army.

        The Secret Man recounts Frank Dux's never-before-told stories:

• A series of seemingly random murders across the United States, each with a clue left behind suggesting that the murderer was an exceptionally resourceful, terrifyingly lethal member of the intelligence community.
• As U.S. forces prepare to invade Grenada, Dux and his Soviet counterparts travel to the Caribbean island to search for a stolen bioweapon in - of all places - a psychiatric ward.
• Betrayed by a colleague, Dux is trapped on a raging battlefield between the brutal forces involved in the Iran-Iraq War.
• On a jungle beach in Nicaragua, Dux clashes with a disgruntled colleague as sabotaged oil tanks explode around them.

        Frank Dux lived by his own rules in a world without any, a covert warrior who fought life-and-death battles acknowledged by few. The Secret Man is his story, more fantastic, more action-packed, more shocking than any Hollywood could produce.

        An American hero for our time, Frank Dux glimpsed the darkest depths of hell and survived to tell his amazing story. Retired from the world of martial arts, Frank Dux is now a private consultant to police and elite military units.

        Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus Christ, Sun Tzu said, "There are five sorts of secret agents to be employed. These are native, inside, double, expendable, and living. When these five types are all working simultaneously and none knows their method of operation, they are called 'The Divine Skein' and are the treasure of a sovereign." Men like Frank Dux, the living agents, are the ones who returned with the information. His reputation precedes him, unparalleled in achievement. Enjoy this glimpse into the shadow world of a shadow warrior, one of Sun Tzu's living agents. You'll find it fascinating. -- Comm. Larry W. Simmons, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Commander, Seal Team Five

All text taken from The Secret Man: An American Warrior's Uncensored Story by Frank Dux