The Agency (Jed Walker) by James Phelan

The Agency (Jed Walker) by James Phelan

It's 2005, and Jed Walker has just joined the CIA after a decorated ten years in Air Force special operations. He's re-upped to escape a desk job, but his first assignment will bring him closer to home than ever before: his first mission is onshore.

Harold Richter, CIA field operations legend and provocateur agent training, sends Walker on a mission that is a one-way ticket--survive and succeed at all costsWalker is an off-the-grid, solo, deniable asset who is sent on a mission by Harold Richter, CIA field operations legend and provocateur agent trainer.The assignment he sends Walker on is a one-way ticket--survive and succeed at all costsWalker is an off-the-grid

But Walker quickly discovers he's not aloneThere's a British agent on the job, a clever MI6 operator named Steph Mensch, who's been trailing a super-yacht of Russians from Miami to the Big EasyThey're there to buy--and the asking price is hugeSoon, our spies understand that they must work together, and their missions become one and the sameOur spies learn that they must work together, and their missions become one and the same

When Steph is kidnapped, the case explodes: no one is who they say they are, and Walker is forced to betray The Agency in order to do what's right for the country. In a high-stakes game where the winner takes it all, he must succeedBut at what cost?

Then Walker hears that the Russians are in town to acquire something that was taken from them during the Russian battle in Afghanistan. Walker realizes that if he fails, it won't just be Steph and him who will suffer--failure will result in a massive act of worldwide terrorism.

As Hurricane Katrina wreaks havoc on a city and a country, Walker realizes that his life as a spy has the power to alter global events. From Langley to Louisiana, Washington to Moscow, The Agency sweeps like a hurricane through a perilous environment of double crosses, false identities, and old and new foes.