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A 2009 suicide bombing left the C.I.A.'s Kabul station in a shambles and, if anything, the situation has only gotten worse: Several head honchos at Langley are now convinced that a Taliban mole is running free in their Pakistan operation. To identify and squash the intruder, the Agency sends in John Wells as an undercover operative. Once on base, Wells discovers that thanks to a ruthless drug-trafficking cartel involving the C.I.A., the military, and the Taliban, things are even more complicated and risky than they first seemed. How does one man root out a whole nest of vipers? Now in mass-market paperback and NOOK Book.
Overview
In late 2009, CIA officers in Afghanistan’s Kabul station allowed a Jordanian doctor into their closest confidence. In truth, the doctor was an al-Qaeda double agent—and when he blew himself up, the station’s most senior officers died with him.
Years later, the station still hasn’t recovered. Recruiting has dried up and the agency’s best Afghani sources are being eliminated. At Langley, the CIA’s chiefs begin to suspect the worst: somehow, the ...