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Condor
Decades after his adventure in the classic Six Days of the Condor, the eponymous spy reflects on his life while awaiting his next target in this tense novella.
Ronald Malcolm, codename Condor, is still in the spy game. He may be older now, but in a world where hardly anybody sees anybody, nobody sees old. He’s the perfect choice to sit in New York City’s Penn Station and wait for what he calls “the killing train.” And while he waits for someone to take a life, he reflects on his own life. He wonders what has brought him to this moment. He looks back over memories of his childhood, his recruitment to the CIA, and that bloody day at the American Literary Historical Society that changed everything for him. But he must be careful not to get too lost on memory lane. The clock is ticking, and targets are on the move. He can’t afford to get caught with his head in the clouds . . .
Praise for James Grady
“A chilling novel of top security gone berserk . . . Breakneck . . . Not a slow minute.” —Library Journal on Six Days of the Condor
“Grady’s writing has changed dramatically over the years, evolving into a literary, impressionistic style . . . [It] is a perfect fit for the aging, unhinged, yet still-lethal Condor. This is an author writing at the top of his, or anyone else’s, game.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Short Takes
Ronald Malcolm, codename Condor, is still in the spy game. He may be older now, but in a world where hardly anybody sees anybody, nobody sees old. He’s the perfect choice to sit in New York City’s Penn Station and wait for what he calls “the killing train.” And while he waits for someone to take a life, he reflects on his own life. He wonders what has brought him to this moment. He looks back over memories of his childhood, his recruitment to the CIA, and that bloody day at the American Literary Historical Society that changed everything for him. But he must be careful not to get too lost on memory lane. The clock is ticking, and targets are on the move. He can’t afford to get caught with his head in the clouds . . .
Praise for James Grady
“A chilling novel of top security gone berserk . . . Breakneck . . . Not a slow minute.” —Library Journal on Six Days of the Condor
“Grady’s writing has changed dramatically over the years, evolving into a literary, impressionistic style . . . [It] is a perfect fit for the aging, unhinged, yet still-lethal Condor. This is an author writing at the top of his, or anyone else’s, game.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Short Takes
74 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 16, 2023
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About the author
James Grady
92 books198 followersJames Grady is a longtime author of thrillers, police procedural and espionage novels. He graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism in 1974. During college, he worked for United States Senator Lee Metcalf of Montana as an staff member.
From 1974 - 1978 he was an investigative journalist for the famous muckraker Jack Anderson. Best known as the author of Six Days of the Condor , which was adapted to film as Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford in 1975.
James Grady has gone on to write almost a dozen more novels in the thirty-eight years since Six Days of the Condor was published.
In the past James Grady has written under the pseudonyms of James Dalton and Brit Shelby.
From 1974 - 1978 he was an investigative journalist for the famous muckraker Jack Anderson. Best known as the author of Six Days of the Condor , which was adapted to film as Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford in 1975.
James Grady has gone on to write almost a dozen more novels in the thirty-eight years since Six Days of the Condor was published.
In the past James Grady has written under the pseudonyms of James Dalton and Brit Shelby.
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July 22, 2023
Another brilliant take on the secret world if the CIA.
Condor is one of the greatest creations in espionage fiction. From Six Days of the Condor (three days for the film) to this story Condor has seen it all. And lived to tell the tale. Hopefully this will not be the last time we get to enjoy him.
Condor is one of the greatest creations in espionage fiction. From Six Days of the Condor (three days for the film) to this story Condor has seen it all. And lived to tell the tale. Hopefully this will not be the last time we get to enjoy him.
June 16, 2022
I loved the beginning of this book where a guy takes an extended lunch hour to run an errand for work and then comes back to find all his work colleagues have been assassinated. This book had the first and final stories in the Condor series and I have to say I enjoyed seeing how the character has developed over the years. Isn't as fast paced at times but was still a good read.
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