CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad. The two fall into a forbidden relationship, which supercharges Haddad's recruitment and creates unspeakable danger when they enter Damascus to find the man responsible for the disappearance of an American spy.
But the cat and mouse chase for the killer soon leads to a trail of high-profile assassinations and the discovery of a dark secret at the heart of the Syrian regime, bringing the pair under the all-seeing eyes of Assad's spy catcher, Ali Hassan, and his brother Rustum, the head of the feared…
Gave intimate and lively insight into British spy efforts leading up to D-Day. Individuals and their personalities are engrossing. Added a lot to my knowledge of D-Day and who made it successful to Great Britain.
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit, aimed at convincing the Nazis that Calais and Norway, not Normandy, were the targets of the 150,000-strong invasion force.
The deception involved every branch of Allied wartime intelligence - the Bletchley Park code-breakers, MI5, MI6, SOE, Scientific Intelligence, the FBI and the French Resistance. But at its heart was the 'Double Cross System', a team of double agents controlled by the secret Twenty Committee, so named because twenty…
Babel creates an almost fantastical world, yet it is one that portrays a real England and a real China. The writing is reminiscent of Charles Dickens in its minute descriptions of both characters and places. Not an easy read as it is extremely detailed, but absorbing nonetheless.
The "bad guys" have found a way to invade the US with airborne poisons, using secret, high-tech balloons. An unlikely coalition of government officials and private citizens have to work fast to stop what could be a devastating attack on everything in North America, including the President of the United States.
