Despatched to Beirut at the height of the civil war, newly appointed British spy Richard Brodick becomes embroiled with a mysterious Chinese operative known only as Fang. Brodick finds himself in a new and dangerous game of double and triple agents, and double and triple crosses. Can he trust
Direct Legacy: A Cold War Spy Thriller
β Scribed by James Stejskal
- Book ID
- 110686465
- Publisher
- Casemate
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 493 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781636241203
- ASIN
- B0B47KLC7Q
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β¦ Synopsis
At the height of the Troubles, a young American Special Forces soldier must find and stop his vengeful former comrade-in-arms before he carries out a devastating terrorist strike for the IRA. Once friends, they are now pawns on opposite sides of an ugly war.
It is the height of the Troubles and Northern Ireland lies under a shadowβ¦
When Neil Fitzpatrick, a rogue Green Beret soldier, is recruited by the Irish Republican Army to help prepare a terrorist attack, Paul Stavros, his former teammate, is sent to stop him and bring him home alive. Fitzpatrick, the American son of an Irish rebel who was forced to flee his birthplace, is a Special Forces demolitions expert. Fitzpatrick knows his trade and has a personal agenda with the IRA.
Alarm bells erupt when the US government learns that Fitzpatrick has gone over to the IRA. The American public canβt find out that one of its elite soldiers is involved in terrorism and the US government wonβt rely on the British to find him. They need someone who knows Fitzpatrick and how he operates. Who better than one of his former teammates?
Paul Stavros is also a Special Forces veteran. He knows little of the Irish Troubles but is about to learn. What he does know is how to fix problems and Neil has just become his biggest headache. But before Stavros can go operational, he must endure an arduous and hazardous selection process to be accepted by the joint SAS-intelligence cell that will back him up. The British arenβt happy with Stavros on their turf; theyβd rather do the job themselvesβquickly, cleanly, and terminally.
Once, Fitzpatrick and Stavros were comrades and friends. Now they are pawns on opposite sides of an ugly war where all is fair and no one is innocent. The British want to kill one, the IRA wants to kill the other. Itβs a race to see who will be first.
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