A second chance…
In the windswept sands of the Middle East, Paul Chardy fought side by side with Ulu Beg: one, a charismatic, high-strung CIA covert warrior, the other a ferocious freedom fighter. Then Chardy fell into the hands of the enemy, and Beg was betrayed. Now the two men are about to meet again.
A second gun.…
Beg has come over the Mexican border under a hail of bullets—determined to assassinate a leading American political figure and avenge his people's betrayal. The CIA wants Chardy to stop the hit. Chardy wants to save Beg's life.
Between the two men is a tragic past, a failed mission, and a woman who knew them in war—and who knows their secrets now. Around both men is a conspiracy of lies and violence that reaches back to the Cold War. But as Beg moves in for his kill and as Chardy breaks loose from his handlers, a terrible truth begins to emerge: somewhere, someone wants both men to die.
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"This is a spy story that covers several decades and half the world. Action and intrigue Hunter is an excellent story teller. One of the charcters appears again in a much later book. I will be reading everything he writes." — Nate (4 out of 5 stars)
"This is a spy story that covers several decades and half the world. Action and intrigue Hunter is an excellent story teller. One of the charcters appears again in a much later book. I will be reading everything he writes."
" Standard, competently written thriller. Nothing that really makes it stand out or be memorable. "
" Definitely not up to the quality of his other books. Hunter has managed to write the most irritating female character EVER in Johanna - I lost count of the number of times she says "Oh Paul." "
" Somewhat of a slow read for Stephen Hunter. Not his usually cast of characters. "
" This one was ok, I wasn't overly thrilled with it. But then again, it is an older book and some of the spy adventure stuff was pretty outdated for me. I still give it three stars though, cuz Stephen Hunter is awesome. "
" Meh, it was kewl, I wouldn't have bought it myself "
" an early hunter. paul chardy is the CIA "cowboy". good read. lots of twists and turns. "
Stephen Hunter is the author of several bestselling novels, including Time to Hunt, Black Light, Point of Impact, and the New York Times bestsellers Havana, Pale Horse Coming, and Hot Springs. He has also published two collections of film criticism and other nonfiction works. He was a film critic at the Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for criticsm, as well as the 1998 American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for Distinguished Writing in Criticism.
Dick Hill, named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, is one of the most awarded narrators in the business, having earned several Audie Awards and thirty-four AudioFile Earphones Awards. In addition to narrating, he has both acted in and written for the theater.
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