Defection: Book 1

Jake and Jane O'Shea, a young married couple fresh out of college, end up teaching at the same local high school in Jake's hometown. As a high-ranking black belt, Jake is asked by his Grandmaster, Hye Bak, to help one of Bak's Korean colleagues with a trip across the globe to Russia. After Jake insists that Jane accompany him on the trip, they meet with none other than the president of the Russian Federation, who instructs Jake to help with some special training of the Russian Taekwondo Team based in Yakutsk, Siberia. In a prearranged mission planned by secret U.S. government operatives, the unknowing, innocent couple is confronted by the close, personal aide of the Russian president. The aide wants to defect to the United States and find freedom with her younger sister. The O'Sheas are their only way out of Russia! Things don't work out as planned, and Jake and Jane wind up in Ireland with the KGB hot on their trail.