Briefings on Chad is a spy novel originating from the author's travels and work on climate science around the world, including on-the-ground activities in the region of Africa where this novel takes place. The thriller captures the environmental science, drought conditions, and global politics of the 1970s. Global super powers are competing for a scarce resource that could change the future development of the African continent. Western scientists dodge the local warlords and Russian spies in an attempt to fulfill their objective. But can they succeed and get out alive? This story is mixture of fact and fiction. The places are real. Only the 1974 coup d'état in Chad, which brought down the Tombalbaye regime actually happened. Names of participants in the coup were reported at the time by world media. All other characters in the story are fictional. Their resemblance, if any, to persons living or dead is coincidental.