TURNER — Murder. Politics. Sea power. Instability in the Middle East. Intrigue at the White House.

These are all components of Lewiston-born author Claude Berube’s action thriller, “The Aden Effect: A Connor Stark Novel,” released in October by Naval Institute Press.

Berube will discuss his new book, focusing on some of the most pressing current events facing America today and the privatization of the U.S. military, at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Turner Public Library.

The author’s acute insights into Naval politics and international affairs are a result of his work for the Office of Naval Intelligence, his experience as a Navy Reserve officer (he deployed with the Expeditionary Strike Group Five to the Persian Gulf in 2004) and his teaching experience at the U.S. Naval Academy.

He has also written three works of nonfiction, including his latest, “Maritime Private Security,” released by Routledge Press in January, in which he examines the evolution, function, problems and prospects of private security companies in the maritime sector.

“The Aden Effect,” Berube’s debut novel, is set against the backdrop of modern piracy in the Gulf of Aden. The story opens as the new ambassador to Yemen, C.J. Sumner, is assigned to negotiate access tooil fields off the island of Socotra and enlist help countering pirates who are capturing ships at will off the Horn of Africa.

Meeting with resistance to her diplomatic overtures, Sumner recruits Connor Stark, a former naval officer turned mercenary who knows the region, as her defense attache. When Stark sets up a meeting with the owner of a Yemeni shipping company and the ruling family, the challenges begin.

At the same time, diplomatic security agent Damien Golzari is investigating the death of a State Department official’s son when he stumbles on an illicit khat trade involving Somali refugees in the United States. His probe leads him to Yemen and the shipping company owned by Stark’s contact. As a result of this chance discovery, the two men are forced to become unwitting allies when they discover that their mysterious roads lead to one source.

To earn the favor of the Yemeni government, Sumner sets up a humanitarian-assistance mission to Socotra. But the Navy warship assigned to assist her is attacked by pirates. Stark assumes command and mounts a daring counterattack. Sumner negotiates a treaty to develop the oil fields and provide mutual security from the pirates, who, unknown to her, are working with other powers. In a final confrontation, Stark and Golzari must decide whether to challenge a navy and the most powerful man in the world.

Berube, son of longtime Maine lawmaker Georgette Berube, earned a bachelor’s degree in history and soviet studies, a master’s degree in history from Northeastern University and a master’s degree in national security studies from the Naval War College. He is writing his doctoral dissertation on Andrew Jackson’s Navy through the University of Leeds.

is available as a 272-page hardcover at www.usni.org, with an ebook version expected out soon.