The Chapters - part 1

'The Chapters' - Book 1: Life of Peter Urbanski
Non-Fiction - a true life story

Peter Urbanski didn't inherit money or a family business. He inherited instincts forged in the covert battlefields of World War II espionage-instincts passed down from his assassin father through Epigenetics. Those instincts would one day save hundreds of lives on the brink of the new millennium.

The Millennium Plot

By 28th December 1999 the FATWA was actioned. Aboard a 747‑400 bound for London, a late-night toilet break to the rear of the plane, Peter sensed something was wrong. As passengers slept, seven clean‑shaven Arabic speaking men in black leather jackets revealed yellow plastic box cutters. They were moments away from hijacking the plane-although the CIA and FBI had been tracking since London's "FATWA" declaration earlier that month, unknown to Peter they were not going to get involved as it was now a British matter.

With the world counting down to Y2K, Peter acted. A shove here and there, a clash, a sudden disruption-whether by instinct or defiance, he stopped what could have been the first 9/11 against Britain. Peter had luck on his side as it was overwhelming, in the guise of a confused leader, wearing white headdress and white garb, he halted it all. The world never knew. History looked away, until the towers fell a year and a bit later. Perhaps the FBI and CIA should have stepped in earlier, who knows.

From that harrowing flight to covert recruitment offers in apartheid‑era South Africa, Peter's life reads like a thriller. In 1984, SAPOL's STAR group registered him as a lethal weapon after his pistol and knife skills drew the attention of shadowy operatives. Beneath it all lies the revelation of his mother's wartime exploits-almost as extraordinary as his father's.

Told with the precision of a historian and the pulse of a page‑turner, 'The Chapters' is Peter Urbanski's unflinching first‑person account of survival, legacy, and the invisible hand of fate.

A life lived on the edge, shaped by instincts passed through generations-and driven by a refusal to stand down.

Peter Urbanski-acclaimed historian & author, and son of wartime intelligence officer/super spy and assassin Bronisław Urbanski-presents the definitive account of his own life. His other works are already globally recognized and his acclaimed book 'To Live Well is to Hide Well' 2024, "Raised by an Assassin" 2025 and his recent book 'Living with James Bond' 2025