CSCO: First Station: The Making of a Clandestine Service Case Officer

by D.A. Pendleton

Ben Daniels is a freshly-minted CIA Case Officer and the Central European capital of Prague is fertile grounds for the trade of espionage…

… a coup plot with dire global consequences…
… a new, bleeding edge missile system aimed at our top fighter pilots and aircraft…
… a bone-crunching run-in with the KGB…
… export of advanced weapons to an arch enemy threatening to set the Middle East aflame…
… the saber-toothed fangs of war-trained Dobermans and Shepherds…
… a pissed off Chief of Station intent on relieving Ben for cause…
… TOP SECRET sources and tradecraft…

… in a new, codeword-level cover program, Ben has to deal with the dangers of internal politics as well as external threats to his physical health. Although unqualified, he gets sucked into high-stakes operations with appalling consequences, it’s all he can do just to stay alive, much less sane.

The world of clandestine subterfuge brings both successes and failures; either way the Case Officers who ply its shadows never go unscathed. What remains of Ben after his breakneck trek determined to thwart his enemies?

322 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 7, 2019