Damascus Station (eBook)

A Novel

David McCloskey (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
432 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-0-393-88105-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Finalist for the 2022 ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel"e;Damascus Station is simply marvelous storytelling.[A] stand-out thriller and essential reading for fans of the genre."e; Financial TimesA CIA officer and his recruit arrive in war-ravaged Damascus to hunt for a killer in this page-turner that offers the "e;most authentic depiction of modern-day tradecraft in print."e; (Navy SEAL sniper and New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr).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 Haddads 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 Assads spy catcher, Ali Hassan, and his brother Rustum, the head of the feared Republican Guard. Set against the backdrop of a Syria pulsing with fear and rebellion, Damascus Station is a gripping thriller that offers a textured portrayal of espionage, love, loyalty, and betrayal in one of the most difficult CIA assignments on the planet.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.10.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: Chase • CIA • counterespionage • Espionage • Exfiltration • Fiction • Intelligence • international • Middle East • Mystery • Political • Spies • Spy • spycraft • Surveillance • Suspense • Syria • Syrian Civil War • Thriller • tradecraft
• ISBN-10: 0-393-88105-9 / 0393881059
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-88105-9 / 9780393881059