Michael Ross
Michael Ross is a native of Victoria, British Columbia. He converted to Judaism and served as a soldier in the Canadian Special Service Force and a combat unit in the Israel Defence Forces prior to being recruited as an undercover agent in Israel's legendary secret intelligence service, the Mossad.
In 1982 a young Michael Ross joins the legion of Canadian twenty-somethings backpacking in Europe. Through happenstance, he winds up working on a Kibbutz in Israel, where he falls in love with the land and its ancient, multi-layered history. He immerses himself in Israeli culture, converts to Judaism, and adopts his new country's struggle for survival as his own, joining the Israel Defence Force and eventually Mossad's most elite and storied covert-operations unit, Caesaria.
For seven-and-a-half years, Ross worked as an undercover agent - a classic spy. While working for the Mossad, Ross was a "combatant," a term designating a deep-cover officer tasked with working in hostile milieus. Ross describes his role in missions to foil attempts by Syria, Libya, and Iran to acquire advanced weapons technology. He tells of his part in the capture of three senior al Qaeda operatives who masterminded the 1998 attacks on American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania; a joint Mossad-FBI operation that uncovered a senior Hezbollah terrorist based in the United States; and a mission to South Africa in which he intercepted Iranian agents seeking to expand their country's military arsenal; and two-and-a-half years as Mossad's Counterterrorism Liaison Officer to the CIA and FBI.
He also operated as a case officer in Africa and Asia for three years, and was the Mossad's counterterrorism liaison officer to the CIA and FBI for two-and-a-half years. Ross is a published writer and commentator, with articles recently placed in Maclean's, the National Post and the Globe and Mail on Middle Eastern affairs and terrorism.
Ross is the author of the Globe and Mail and Maclean's bestseller, The Volunteer, A Canadian's Secret Life in the Mossad.
Client Testimonials:
"A powerful memoir."
National Post
"[A] gripping story, filled with the stuff of spy thrillers. . . . this book provides a unique glimpse into a shadowy world not many of us will ever see."
Globe and Mail
"For those who want insight into one of the world's best secret services, this book is must reading, as much for what it doesn't reveal as for what it does. And it does reveal a great deal."
Winnipeg Free Press
"[A] sobering insider's take on global politics and the terrorist threat."
Quill and Quire
Michael Ross is a native of Victoria, British Columbia. He converted to Judaism and served as a soldier in the Canadian Special Service Force and a combat unit in the Israel Defence Forces prior to being recruited as an undercover agent in Israel's legendary secret intelligence service, the Mossad.
In 1982 a young Michael Ross joins the legion of Canadian twenty-somethings backpacking in Europe. Through happenstance, he winds up working on a Kibbutz in Israel, where he falls in love with the land and its ancient, multi-layered history. He immerses himself in Israeli culture, converts to Judaism, and adopts his new country's struggle for survival as his own, joining the Israel Defence Force and eventually Mossad's most elite and storied covert-operations unit, Caesaria.
For seven-and-a-half years, Ross worked as an undercover agent - a classic spy. While working for the Mossad, Ross was a "combatant," a term designating a deep-cover officer tasked with working in hostile milieus. Ross describes his role in missions to foil attempts by Syria, Libya, and Iran to acquire advanced weapons technology. He tells of his part in the capture of three senior al Qaeda operatives who masterminded the 1998 attacks on American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania; a joint Mossad-FBI operation that uncovered a senior Hezbollah terrorist based in the United States; and a mission to South Africa in which he intercepted Iranian agents seeking to expand their country's military arsenal; and two-and-a-half years as Mossad's Counterterrorism Liaison Officer to the CIA and FBI.
He also operated as a case officer in Africa and Asia for three years, and was the Mossad's counterterrorism liaison officer to the CIA and FBI for two-and-a-half years. Ross is a published writer and commentator, with articles recently placed in Maclean's, the National Post and the Globe and Mail on Middle Eastern affairs and terrorism.
Ross is the author of the Globe and Mail and Maclean's bestseller, The Volunteer, A Canadian's Secret Life in the Mossad.
Client Testimonials:
"A powerful memoir."
National Post
"[A] gripping story, filled with the stuff of spy thrillers. . . . this book provides a unique glimpse into a shadowy world not many of us will ever see."
Globe and Mail
"For those who want insight into one of the world's best secret services, this book is must reading, as much for what it doesn't reveal as for what it does. And it does reveal a great deal."
Winnipeg Free Press
"[A] sobering insider's take on global politics and the terrorist threat."
Quill and Quire
