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Infiltration Games
Caught up in a global terrorism plot, a covert agent must make the choice between his faith in the people who trained him and his oath to save lives.
He looks just like the neighbor from across the hall. Like the friendly tourist at the shop. For all they know, he is. Trained by the Organization to gather the intel on some of the most dangerous men in the modern world, Yoav has been working as a field agent for the past five years. He’s the man on the ground. Invisible, able to change identities in the blink of an eye. He’s saving lives.
Or so he thinks.
When his latest target turns out to be a known terrorist who slipped through his assassination attempt once before, Yoav sets out on the hunt. His mission to infiltrate one of the most dangerous extremist groups in the world takes an unexpected turn, involving his young and talented protégé and a beautiful French newscaster, who knows a lot more than meets the eye.
What starts out like just another assignment quickly turns into a lifechanging experience with shocking repercussions. Death, torture, and morality get mixed together with Yoav’s ever-shifting aliases as he slides in and out of countries, warzones, and international terror cells.
Can he make the ultimate choice?
He looks just like the neighbor from across the hall. Like the friendly tourist at the shop. For all they know, he is. Trained by the Organization to gather the intel on some of the most dangerous men in the modern world, Yoav has been working as a field agent for the past five years. He’s the man on the ground. Invisible, able to change identities in the blink of an eye. He’s saving lives.
Or so he thinks.
When his latest target turns out to be a known terrorist who slipped through his assassination attempt once before, Yoav sets out on the hunt. His mission to infiltrate one of the most dangerous extremist groups in the world takes an unexpected turn, involving his young and talented protégé and a beautiful French newscaster, who knows a lot more than meets the eye.
What starts out like just another assignment quickly turns into a lifechanging experience with shocking repercussions. Death, torture, and morality get mixed together with Yoav’s ever-shifting aliases as he slides in and out of countries, warzones, and international terror cells.
Can he make the ultimate choice?
161 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 16, 2023
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March 9, 2023
I enjoyed this quick read although it felt disjointed at times. Since it is a translation, that could be why. It's basically a cat & mouse chase consisting of an Israeli intelligence agency and ISIS terrorists, more realistic than most. So, there is no satisfyingly neat conclusion or happy ending because, in the real world of terrorism, there never is. The author did a great job of tying his plot to the 2015 Bataclan Theater terror attack in Paris.
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October 24, 2022
‘It all began in Tel Aviv’ – A powerful new spy thriller
Israeli author Amit Assa most assuredly has the background for penning soaring espionage novels: he has served as a manager in the intelligences services and understands the mindset of covert operators. One of the several reasons his novel works so well is his ability to build credible characters, such as the primary character Yoav as we encounter him in Istanbul: ‘Workers smoking cheap cigarettes on the street corner, fail to notice the stranger leaving the hotel across from the café, holding a local newspaper in one hand and a lit cigar in the other. He looks left, then right, then hurries down a nearby alley. No one seems to be following him, or so it seems, but this isn’t good enough. I must follow him to make sure no one is on his tail…A couple of blocks later he entered his usual souvenir shop. I walk past the shop, removing my hat for a couple of seconds, a sign we had previously agreed upon, and head towards the underground passageway that leads to the subway…I bought a local newspaper, folded it in exactly the same way in which he had folded, and waited. He walked down the stairs…We quickly exchanged newspapers and I boarded the train. No matter how many times…’ With that readily accessible and immediately involving prelude, this tense and subtly accurate spy novel begins. ‘Trained by the Organization to gather the intel on some of the most dangerous men in the modern world, Yoav has been working as a field agent for the past five years. He’s the man the man on the ground. Invisible, able to change identities in the blink of an eye… Death, torture, and morality get mixed together with Yoav’s ever-shifting aliases as he slides in-and-out of countries, warzones, and international terror cells’
INFILTRATION GAMES introduces a new master in the espionage genre. The novel has been translated from the Hebrew by Grace Michaeli and Maayan Avriram, allowing a broader exposure of Assa’s obvious gift. Watch this author carefully: he understands, and communicates, this genre exceedingly well. Highly recommended.
Israeli author Amit Assa most assuredly has the background for penning soaring espionage novels: he has served as a manager in the intelligences services and understands the mindset of covert operators. One of the several reasons his novel works so well is his ability to build credible characters, such as the primary character Yoav as we encounter him in Istanbul: ‘Workers smoking cheap cigarettes on the street corner, fail to notice the stranger leaving the hotel across from the café, holding a local newspaper in one hand and a lit cigar in the other. He looks left, then right, then hurries down a nearby alley. No one seems to be following him, or so it seems, but this isn’t good enough. I must follow him to make sure no one is on his tail…A couple of blocks later he entered his usual souvenir shop. I walk past the shop, removing my hat for a couple of seconds, a sign we had previously agreed upon, and head towards the underground passageway that leads to the subway…I bought a local newspaper, folded it in exactly the same way in which he had folded, and waited. He walked down the stairs…We quickly exchanged newspapers and I boarded the train. No matter how many times…’ With that readily accessible and immediately involving prelude, this tense and subtly accurate spy novel begins. ‘Trained by the Organization to gather the intel on some of the most dangerous men in the modern world, Yoav has been working as a field agent for the past five years. He’s the man the man on the ground. Invisible, able to change identities in the blink of an eye… Death, torture, and morality get mixed together with Yoav’s ever-shifting aliases as he slides in-and-out of countries, warzones, and international terror cells’
INFILTRATION GAMES introduces a new master in the espionage genre. The novel has been translated from the Hebrew by Grace Michaeli and Maayan Avriram, allowing a broader exposure of Assa’s obvious gift. Watch this author carefully: he understands, and communicates, this genre exceedingly well. Highly recommended.
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