Book description
In this electrifying prequel to Dead Hand and the fifth installment in The Snake Eater Chronicles, James Stejskal plunges readers into the shadowy origins of a clandestine American Special Forces unit operating behind enemy lines at the height of the Cold War. Berlin, 1957. A city split in two, teetering…
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Stejskal’s ‘The Ratcatcher’ is a tight, hard-edged pursuit through 1957 Berlin, where a CIA officer and a Special Forces operative hunt a murderer across the border of East and West Berlin.
The tradecraft and Cold War city paranoia feel earned, as Stejskal served in US Army Special Forces in the city and later in the CIA. Experience that shows on every street corner and safe house with authentic depictions of Berlin. A great spy novel with authentic espionage tradecraft and nods to class spy literature.
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