The Inquirer wrote:

He said that he was "once regarded as one of the best undercover agents, if not the best, in the DEA"

If this is the best the DEA has to offer I am not only amazed but also rather worried...... :wtf:

I haven't read Asimov's Foundation series, so I don't know how similar these recommendations will be, but here's a couple of British authors I reckon are well worth a read: Iain M. Banks - Writes Sci-Fi under this alias, fiction without the M. Peter F Hamilton - Excellent Sci-Fi author, would suggest the Nights Dawn Trilogy as a starting point. Happy Reading Phil