Red Swan
A Novel
P. T. Deutermann
- Written
- with
- the
- authority
- of
- twenty-six
- years
- of
- military
- and
- government
- service
- at
- sea
- and
- in
- Washington,
- Red
- Swan
- is
- a
- brilliant,
- provocative
- thriller
- about
- the
- contemporary
- war
- that
- no
- one
- sees,
- but
- which
- will
- shape
- the
- future
- of
- America
- and
- China.Set
- in
- contemporary
- Washington
- D.C.,
- Red
- Swan
- begins
- with
- an
- ominous
- phone
- call
- from
- Carson
- McGill,
- the
- Deputy
- Director
- of
- Operations
- in
- the
- CIA,
- to
- retired
- CIA
- officer
- Preston
- Allender.
- Henry
- Wallace
- is
- dead.
- A
- behind-the-scenes
- operator
- at
- the
- CIA,
- Wallace
- was
- integral
- to
- the
- Agency’s
- secret
- war
- against
- China’s
- national
- intelligence
- service,
- which
- infiltrates
- government
- and
- military
- offices,
- major
- businesses,
- and
- systems
- crucial
- to
- our
- security.
- Wallace
- had
- severely
- damaged
- China’s
- Washington
- spy
- ring
- with
- a
- devastating
- ruse,
- a
- so-called
- “black
- swan,”
- in
- which
- a
- deep-undercover
- female
- agent
- targeted
- and
- destroyed
- a
- key
- Chinese
- official.
- Now,
- Wallace’s
- mysterious
- death
- suggests
- that
- the
- CIA
- itself
- has
- been
- compromised
- and
- that
- China
- has
- someone
- inside
- the
- Agency.But
- as
- Allender
- quietly
- investigates,
- he
- makes
- a
- shocking
- discovery
- that
- will
- upend
- the
- entire
- American
- intelligence
- apparatus.
- For
- Wallace’s
- black
- swan
- operation
- may
- have
- been
- turned
- against
- the
- CIA;
- a
- red
- swan
- is
- flying
- and
- the
- question
- is:
- who
- is
- she,
- what
- is
- her
- target,
- and
- where
- will
- she land?
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