As a prosecutor and attorney in private practice, he has litigated numerous jury trials and worked on homicide and death penalty cases. Bruce served overseas in the U.S. Army infantry before two stints in the Peace Corps in Eastern Europe, where he earned a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Sofia. As an immigration lawyer, he has become fluent in Bulgarian, Russian, French and Spanish. He also represents combat veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. The author’s many interests include Chinese and Malaysian martial arts. He is at work on a second novel about an American lawyer in Ukraine.