Connor Fitzgerald is a professional assassin for the CIA and a devoted family man who has kept his violent occupation a secret for twenty-eight years. Mere days before his retirement, his superior, Helen Dexter, frames him for the unauthorized murder of a Colombian presidential candidate to protect her own career. Fitzgerald is captured and sent to a brutal Russian prison while the Director of the CIA works to ensure he never returns to the United States. The plot tracks Fitzgerald’s survival and his eventual quest to expose the internal corruption of his own agency.
This book serves readers who enjoy international espionage and technical details regarding government bureaucracy and intelligence field operations. Those interested in the tension between cold-war era geopolitics and domestic political scandals will find a realistic depiction of deep-state maneuvering. Readers walk away with a detailed understanding of how institutional survival often overrides individual loyalty. It provides a look at the tradecraft involved in high-stakes assassinations and the logistical difficulties of maintaining a double life under intense scrutiny.
Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Curious Generalist. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
