<p>A dozen stories tracking the CIA's most adept—and unusual—spy There are no more spies like Charlie Dark. An old-timer whose experience stretches back to the Second World War, his main distinction is that after decades playing the game he is still alive. He is overweight, clumsy, and a
Checkpoint Charlie
β Scribed by Garfield, Brian
- Publisher
- MysteriousPress.com / Open Road
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
A dozen stories tracking the CIA's most adeptβand unusualβspy There are no more spies like Charlie Dark. An old-timer whose experience stretches back to the Second World War, his main distinction is that after decades playing the game he is still alive. He is overweight, clumsy, and afraid of gunsβa nonconformist in an agency built on toeing the line. Though his superiors hate him for his eccentricities, they privately admit that he may be the best spy they have. Charlie travels the globe in these twelve stories, working in Berlin, Moscow, Africa, and Asia. He fights a female assassin in Dar es Salaam, and looks for a computer chip lost in the permanent snows of the Aleutian Islands. He adapts continuously, for each adventure is a new puzzle, and a new opportunity to die.
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