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In the new world of espionage, the old rivalries of great nations are supplanted by those of individual greed. An international cartel of illegal arms dealers and drug smugglers rises to power under the command of men whose ruthlessness is matched only by their greed.

Veteran agent Lachlan Kite--"a spy for the 21st century" (Daily Mail)--reckons with the fallout from a mission in Senegal carried out early in his career. 1995: In the wake of the Rwandan genocide, 24-year-old spy Lachlan Kite and his girlfriend, Martha Raine, are sent to Senegal on the trail of a hunted war criminal. The mission threatens to spiral out of control, forcing Kite to make choices which will have devastating consequences not only for...

When she makes a powerful enemy in Clarence Clairborne -- head of a Washington, D.C. lobbying and security firm -- Yael Azoulay, covert negotiator for the U.N., must live long enough to prevent a desperate man from taking desperate measures.

"When CIA officer Helen Gray died, her son, Devin, a countersurveillance expert, inherited her paranoia-and the explosive evidence that gave it weight: a vast, previously undetected Russian sleeper network has operated in the United States since the Cold War. The cells aren't just embedded in every level of state and federal government. They've penetrated corporations that supply crucial technology to the Department of Defense and various intelligence...

Russia has never accepted Ukraine's independence and now the Patrioti-Putin, his elder statesmen, and seasoned generals dedicated to rebuilding their fallen empire-are using the KGB's controversial elite and clandestine forces of Department S to destabilize the young democratic nation and bring it back under Russian control.But Cougar, the powerful private intelligence company that overshadows even the CIA in its reach, learns of Russia's plans and...

Venice. The Mafia. A drug deal gone wrong.When a British covert intelligence agency learns of an impending drug deal between the Venetian mafia and one of the UKs most notorious importers, agent Maggie Black is sent to stop it.Under the alias of an American drug lord, Maggie must infiltrate the crime family and stop their product from reaching British soil. A feat that gets more complicated when her colleague and old flame Leon is sent along with...

Simon Riske sits in sun-dappled Napa Valley, toasting the record hundred-million-dollar sale of a rare 1963 Ferrari which he restored himself. The buyer, a sophisticated French woman, Sylvie Bettencourt, has purchased the car for an unnamed client whose anonymity she will guard at all costs. Riske enjoys her company and the flowing champagne until Sylvie's formidable Russian bodyguard storms in, claiming the vehicle is a fake. Riske is given an ultimatum....

"It is 1913, and those who follow the news closely can see the world is teetering on the brink of war. Jack McColl, a Scottish car salesman with an uncanny ear for languages, has always hoped to make a job for himself as a spy. As his sales calls take him from city to great city--Hong Kong to Shanghai to San Francisco to New York--he moonlights collecting intelligence for His Majesty's Navy, but British espionage is in its infancy and Jack has nothing...

An account of the Soviet spy ring, and master American spy John Walker, who routinely sold American nuclear secrets and codes to the Russians.

"Just as World War II threatens to break out, Mike Morrison arrives in Greece to collect his late wife's inheritance. Hoping to quickly finish his business and leave before German troops invade, Morrison's plans are derailed when he receives a letter listing the names of Greek patriots pretending to be German collaborators, a list Nazi strategists desperately need. With the outcome of the war hinging on Morrison's ability to protect the letter, he...