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In Dark Agent, you share with readers your extensive military experience ranging from your time in military school to your 22-year career in the Diplomatic Security Service. Why was this an important book for you to write?
I have always felt a calling to share my personal experience with those, especially who have come from challenging upbringings to show that with hard work, diligence and perseverance that you can overcome the obstacles that have been placed in your path.
I appreciated the candid nature with which you tell your story. What was the most difficult thing for you to write about?
Writing about the abuse that my mother suffered was particularly painful. It was such a dark time in my life and in my family’s life, and I had largely suppressed those uncomfortable memories. But in writing Dark Agent, those memories returned vividly and the emotions of those events are still very real.
Is there anything you now wish you had included in Dark Agent?
My grandparents, on both my mother and father’s sides, led lives that were so incredibly fascinating and successful and I believe I could have fleshed out there stories a little bit more as their influence on me has been evident in my journey.
What is one thing you hope readers take away from your experiences?
The importance of service and country over self and personal gain, and the understanding of the tremendous unknown contributions that peoples of color make to the security of our nation everyday.
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Casselle was a young Army captain on 9/11 and then became a special agent with the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). His service spans over twenty-five years and over eighty countries around the world. From saving lives under fire in Baghdad, to defending his compound in Afghanistan and hunting down international fugitives in Belize, his compelling story leads all the way to his selection to the National Security Council at The White House.
DARK AGENT, The Memoirs of L.W. Kwakou Casselle is a hard hitting, action-packed, and intensely personal part of a Black American family’s legacy of service that first began in The Civil War and will continue with the next generation of Casselles.
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