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The Afghan: A Joe Johnson Thriller, Book 0

A Cold War attack by Soviet helicopters on an Afghan village. A knife-edge CIA operation that goes wrong. And a vengeful mujahideen tribesman, armed with Stinger missiles.
When CIA officer Joe Johnson is handed the tough task by his boss of capturing a Soviet helicopter and forging better contacts among the mujahideen, he unknowingly finds himself up against a sinister KGB rival who wants him dead.
But after coming under fire, Johnson comes to suspect that his difficulties stem not just from the Soviets--but from a traitor on his own side.
To extricate himself from the web of deceit in which he finds himself, Johnson comes to rely on a female colleague from Britain's MI6, Jayne Robinson, to whom he grows unexpectedly close.
As pressure mounts on Johnson from CIA headquarters at Langley and politicians in Washington, DC, the story reaches a climax during a life-or-death shootout in Jalalabad.
The Afghan, set in 1988, is a thriller that forms a compelling prequel to the Joe Johnson series as a whole. It also creates the backdrop for book four in the series, Stalin's Final Sting, set in Afghanistan, New York City, and Moscow in the present day.
Meet Joe Johnson today and read how he uncovers dark secrets.

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The Afghan: A Joe Johnson Thriller, Book 0

A Cold War attack by Soviet helicopters on an Afghan village. A knife-edge CIA operation that goes wrong. And a vengeful mujahideen tribesman, armed with Stinger missiles.
When CIA officer Joe Johnson is handed the tough task by his boss of capturing a Soviet helicopter and forging better contacts among the mujahideen, he unknowingly finds himself up against a sinister KGB rival who wants him dead.
But after coming under fire, Johnson comes to suspect that his difficulties stem not just from the Soviets--but from a traitor on his own side.
To extricate himself from the web of deceit in which he finds himself, Johnson comes to rely on a female colleague from Britain's MI6, Jayne Robinson, to whom he grows unexpectedly close.
As pressure mounts on Johnson from CIA headquarters at Langley and politicians in Washington, DC, the story reaches a climax during a life-or-death shootout in Jalalabad.
The Afghan, set in 1988, is a thriller that forms a compelling prequel to the Joe Johnson series as a whole. It also creates the backdrop for book four in the series, Stalin's Final Sting, set in Afghanistan, New York City, and Moscow in the present day.
Meet Joe Johnson today and read how he uncovers dark secrets.

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The Afghan: A Joe Johnson Thriller, Book 0

The Afghan: A Joe Johnson Thriller, Book 0

by Andrew Turpin
The Afghan: A Joe Johnson Thriller, Book 0

The Afghan: A Joe Johnson Thriller, Book 0

by Andrew Turpin

Overview

A Cold War attack by Soviet helicopters on an Afghan village. A knife-edge CIA operation that goes wrong. And a vengeful mujahideen tribesman, armed with Stinger missiles.
When CIA officer Joe Johnson is handed the tough task by his boss of capturing a Soviet helicopter and forging better contacts among the mujahideen, he unknowingly finds himself up against a sinister KGB rival who wants him dead.
But after coming under fire, Johnson comes to suspect that his difficulties stem not just from the Soviets--but from a traitor on his own side.
To extricate himself from the web of deceit in which he finds himself, Johnson comes to rely on a female colleague from Britain's MI6, Jayne Robinson, to whom he grows unexpectedly close.
As pressure mounts on Johnson from CIA headquarters at Langley and politicians in Washington, DC, the story reaches a climax during a life-or-death shootout in Jalalabad.
The Afghan, set in 1988, is a thriller that forms a compelling prequel to the Joe Johnson series as a whole. It also creates the backdrop for book four in the series, Stalin's Final Sting, set in Afghanistan, New York City, and Moscow in the present day.
Meet Joe Johnson today and read how he uncovers dark secrets.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781788750103
Publisher: Write Direction Publishing
Publication date: 01/16/2019
Series: Joe Johnson Thriller
Pages: 210
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.48(d)

Table of Contents

The conflict in Afghanistan during and after the Soviet military occupation from 1979 to 1989 has been a rich feeding ground for fiction and nonfiction authors alike.

As with all the books in the Joe Johnson war crimes series, much of the historical backdrop to The Afghan is factual, including details of the atrocities inflicted on the Afghan population during that time.

The Khost-Gardez Pass was the scene of many bloody battles during that period between the Soviet army and the mujahideen forces who managed for almost all of those ten years to control the pass and keep them at bay.

In particular, the deployment by the Soviets of Mil Mi-24 helicopters—dubbed Hinds by NATO—and the use by the mujahideen of Stinger missiles to combat them has become the stuff of legend.

During all of this, the ongoing duels between the Soviet intelligence service, the KGB, on one side, and the CIA, MI6, and Pakistan’s ISI, who were supporting the mujahideen on the other side, were critical to the outcome.

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