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1 online resource (352 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Contents |
Prologue; Book One; Book Two; Book Three; Epilogue. |
Summary |
Kabul, Afghanistan,1979: CIA station chief Lucius Burling, an idealistic but flawed product of his nation's intelligence establishment, barely survives the assassination of the American ambassador. Burling's reaction to the murder, and his desire to understand its larger meaning, propel him on a journey of intrigue and betrayal that will reach its ultimate end in the streets of Shanghai, months after 9/11. A Chinese dissident physicist may (or may not) be planning to sell his country's nuclear secrets, and in his story Burling, now living quietly as consul, recognizes the fingerprints of a. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
International relations -- Fiction.
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International relations. |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Electronic books.
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Spy stories.
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Suspense fiction.
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Fiction.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Saunders, Mark Harril. Ministers of fire. Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, ©2012 (DLC) 2011053333 |
ISBN |
9780804040488 (electronic book) |
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0804040486 (electronic book) |
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9780804011402 (hc acid-free paper) |
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0804011400 |
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