Page-turning psychological spy thriller
- Book: Devolution
- Location: Berlin, Paris
- Author: John Casey
Michael Dolan – a meticulous, stoic operative whose motto is Ordnung muss sein – is recruited by stealth operatives for EXCISE, an off-the-books black ops program. Michael is sent to Paris, where he ingratiates himself with an old college friend, the son of an Algerian militant, and begins to infiltrate the network of jihadists who are threatening a stealth attack on a European capital. Michael, who is a master of compartmentalization and at corralling inconvenient feelings, returns to the scene where his girlfriend, many years earlier, died under mysterious circumstances. With granular detail on terror networks and spycraft; and deft depiction of the psychological calculations as between handler and operative, between spy and target, between US and foreign governments – Casey’s tale thrills and keeps the reader turning the pages!
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