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It is 1995. An energetic senator wants to disarm, perhaps even eliminate, the CIA. To accumulate the evidence necessary to persuade the Senate, he needs the cooperation of Blackford Oakes, now retired. He wants from Oakes an account of his covert activity ten years earlier, when Oakes served as chief of covert activities for the CIA. How far will the frustrated senator go to compel cooperation from Blackford Oakes?
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Reviews
"In the best Blackford Oakes novel yet, the master of the double bind builds a plot that places the CIA chief of covert ops squarely between the Maelstrom and the Wandering Rocks…Top-drawer storytelling, as Blackford scrabbles for his soul."
Kirkus Reviews
"The plotting is strong, the story interesting and enjoyable."
Publishers Weekly
"Buckley's high wit lurks everywhere."
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