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The Ghost of State: Shadows of a New Cold War
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 25 2025
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the world of espionage, the most dangerous operatives are the ones who don't officially exist.
To most, he's just a U.S. State Department attaché-another nameless figure buried in diplomatic protocol. But behind the cover, he's a CIA NOC officer operating without protection, without backup, and without room for error.
When a quiet surveillance assignment uncovers a stolen piece of government cyberweaponry, what begins as a simple trace escalates into a multi-layered operation spanning Europe and the Mediterranean. Smuggling networks, organized crime, and rogue states collide beneath the surface of official diplomacy-and at the center of it all is a shipment no one's supposed to know exists.
As alliances blur and loyalties shift, the operative must navigate a world where trust is a liability, information is currency, and exposure means erasure.
For readers who crave sharp realism, high-stakes tradecraft, and a look inside the silent war shaping global power-this is espionage done right.
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