Spy Trade: A Spycatcher Novella

A captured CIA veteran. A hostile desert with no leads. One off-the-books operative racing against the clock.

When a mission goes awry in Syria, senior CIA officer Bob Oakland is captured by aspiring members of ISIS, who demand the release of one of their own, Arzam Saud, in U.S. captivity. Chained in a windowless room, the veteran faces a brutal countdown as video ultimatums leak online.

With satellite sweeps drawing a blank across northern Iraq, Langley’s director turns to an outsider beyon...