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NCIS Special Agent Ruben Carver #3
The Istanbul Agent
The Istanbul Agent is another wild ride for Ruben Carver. A fast-paced tale of intrigue that introduces his match in the form of an Israeli counterintelligence specialist. The kind of woman he wouldn't mind spending time with, if he doesn't catch his death first.
A DARPA scientist, with a proclivity for bio-weaponry and genocide, has gone missing in Istanbul. Art Sheppard, the new Chief of the CIA's Near East and South Asia Division, suspects the involvement of an arcane, international cabal referred to only as The Board.
Sheppard's last encounter with the group was on the heals of a near-miss operation in Shanghai run by NCIS Special Agent Ruben Carver. A man with a reputation for heavy-handed conflict resolution and an uncanny survival instinct, who'd already faced The Board twice.
With intelligence leaks in the Agency compromising his operation, Sheppard is approved to enlist the assistance of NCIS and Carver. The mission is to fly in, find the traitor, put the grabs on him and devise an extraction, without involving in-country CIA or military support.
A simple plan complicated by The Board's own interest in retaining the scientist's services, along with his life's work: A bacterial agent that, once weaponized, is a potential planet killer.
A DARPA scientist, with a proclivity for bio-weaponry and genocide, has gone missing in Istanbul. Art Sheppard, the new Chief of the CIA's Near East and South Asia Division, suspects the involvement of an arcane, international cabal referred to only as The Board.
Sheppard's last encounter with the group was on the heals of a near-miss operation in Shanghai run by NCIS Special Agent Ruben Carver. A man with a reputation for heavy-handed conflict resolution and an uncanny survival instinct, who'd already faced The Board twice.
With intelligence leaks in the Agency compromising his operation, Sheppard is approved to enlist the assistance of NCIS and Carver. The mission is to fly in, find the traitor, put the grabs on him and devise an extraction, without involving in-country CIA or military support.
A simple plan complicated by The Board's own interest in retaining the scientist's services, along with his life's work: A bacterial agent that, once weaponized, is a potential planet killer.
304 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 27, 2015
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November 28, 2015
Okay book.
Graphic and detailed equipment, places, people. Character development reason even 1972 war in one chapter. Fear of terrorism getting their hands on chemical weapons.
Graphic and detailed equipment, places, people. Character development reason even 1972 war in one chapter. Fear of terrorism getting their hands on chemical weapons.
July 22, 2019
Too violent for me
If you like lots of killing with weapons ranging from knives to rocket propelled grenades, then this is the book for you. But I was apparently not part of the intended audience. The author never stops the slaughter until the end of the book. At one point, when he felt the plot wasn't violent enough, he devoted an entire chapter to an unrelated flashback during the Vietnam War. The only love interest is between the American NCIS protagonist and a female Israeli intelligence agent who shares his skill at hand-to-hand combat and knowledge of advanced weapons systems.
If you like lots of killing with weapons ranging from knives to rocket propelled grenades, then this is the book for you. But I was apparently not part of the intended audience. The author never stops the slaughter until the end of the book. At one point, when he felt the plot wasn't violent enough, he devoted an entire chapter to an unrelated flashback during the Vietnam War. The only love interest is between the American NCIS protagonist and a female Israeli intelligence agent who shares his skill at hand-to-hand combat and knowledge of advanced weapons systems.
February 3, 2016
Great Read!
Jeffrey Seay did it again. He has gotten better with each story. Ruben Carver is one of the best new characters in the action genre. All three books would translate well to the silver screen. Bravo Zulu, can't wait for the fourth book.
Jeffrey Seay did it again. He has gotten better with each story. Ruben Carver is one of the best new characters in the action genre. All three books would translate well to the silver screen. Bravo Zulu, can't wait for the fourth book.
March 5, 2016
I didn't realize this happens in the way some people live.
It was hard to understand parts of the book.I would not recommended to a teenage person only adults.it was a little hard to keep up with what was happening in book
It was hard to understand parts of the book.I would not recommended to a teenage person only adults.it was a little hard to keep up with what was happening in book
January 25, 2016
Good ride
Fun and fast. No real deep stuff but I interesting. Fun ending! Another Good book for the beach or plane r ok delta.
Fun and fast. No real deep stuff but I interesting. Fun ending! Another Good book for the beach or plane r ok delta.
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