Dan Jerger, aka Gideon D. Asche.
Dan grew up outside the US, in Europe, and in Asia, attending private British schools as the child of a senior American diplomat. He served two enlistments in the US Army before being recruited by a NATO human intelligence group operating in Eastern
Europe.
Nine years as an intelligence operator behind the Iron Curtain is the subject of Dan’s first t book, published under the pseudonym Gideon D. Asche – JINNIK – The Asset,
Muddy Boots Press 2018.
Gideon D. Asche is the name Dan lived under for eight years in the field. In October of 1987, Dan was compromised and arrested. He spent the next five months as the unwilling guest of soviet security services.
Released in 1988, Dan lives quietly with his wife, two Great Pyrenees, and his mountains, devoting his time to writing, avoiding humanity, and converting cheap wine into urine.