Operator Down by Rich Orlow

Operator Down

Rich Orlow, Henry Strozier, Brad Taylor

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · December 31, 2018

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Who it’s for
Intelligence work, a looming coup, and divided loyalties make for a tense, layered read.
Genres
Spy Fiction, Military Thrillers, Political Thrillers
Published
Penguin Publishing Group, December 31, 2018

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About this book

• A New York Times Bestseller • Former Special Forces officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller where Pike Logan's search for a Mossad agent and ally puts him on a collision course with a ruthless military coup in Africa—and tests his loyalties to the Taskforce. It was supposed to be a simple mission.

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Nothing more than assessing whether a merchant in the fabled Israeli Diamond Exchange was involved in a scheme that could potentially embarrass the state of Israel. But nothing is ever simple in the world of intelligence, as Aaron Bergman—a former leader of an elite direct action team under the Mossad—should have known. Executing the operation as a contractor, a cutout that gave the State of Israel plausible deniability, he disappears without a trace. Pike Logan and his team know none of this, but he's tracking an American arms dealer in Tel Aviv who may—or may not—be attempting to sell sensitive nuclear weapons components to the highest bidder. When Pike's team breaks up an attempt at killing Shoshana, Aaron's partner, they stumble upon much more than they expected—a concerted conspiracy to topple a democratic African country. Beginning to untangle a web that extends through both the American and Israeli intelligence community, Pike is forced to choose between his Israeli friends and his Taskforce mission, even as the coup begins. But Aaron's disappearance is the one mistake the plotters made. Because Shoshana is the greatest killing machine the Mossad has ever produced, and she will stop at nothing to help Aaron, even if it means killing Pike Logan.

Loyalties in Play

Intelligence work, a looming coup, and divided loyalties make for a tense, layered read.

Come here for

  • Espionage tangled with military and political stakes
  • A layered thriller about loyalty under pressure

Expect

  • A sustained mix of spycraft and action
  • Competing allegiances that complicate the mission

Where it sits

Spy Fiction75%
Political Thrillers68%
Military Thrillers59%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Suspense
  • Military Thrillers
Authors
Rich Orlow, Henry Strozier, Brad Taylor
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
December 31, 2018
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Action & Adventure