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From the USA Today The President of the United States has appointed Kirk McGarvey interim director of the CIA while his nomination winds its way through Congressional hearings. But what should have been the culmination of McGarvey's career, has activated a twenty-year-old Russian plot sponsored by his former archenemy, General Baranov. Now, McGarvey is in the Kill Zone. He finds himself part of a plot that does know the Cold War is over, a plot that comes at McGarvey full throttle--from the show more grave of an enemy McGarvey had buried decades before. Step by inexorable step, the assassin—a sleeper agent for all these years—is awakened from a holding state of mind. Brainwashed by KGB doctors to pull the trigger, the killer has unknowingly waited for a signal that has finally arrived. And as the story races toward its breathtaking climax, it's becoming clearer to McGarvey and his associates that the killer is someone within his inner circle. A colleague or a friend. Somebody very close. Is there anyone McGarvey can trust when trust itself can kill him? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. show lessTags
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David Hagberg was born and raised in Duluth, Minnesota. After graduating from high school, he joined the Air Force and was trained as a cryptographer. During his career, he was stationed in Greenland and in Germany. He studied physics, mathematics and philosophy at the University of Maryland, Overseas Division and the University of Wisconsin. He show more worked as a cub reporter on the Duluth Herald and News-Tribune and as a news desk editor for the Associated Press. His first novel, Twister, was published in 1975. He has written over 70 suspense novels including The White House, Joshua's Hammer, Desert Fire, and High Flight. He won three Mystery Scene Magazine Best American Mystery awards for Countdown, Crossfire, and Critical Mass. His Sean Flannery novel, The Kremlin Letter, was also nominated for an American Book Award. David Hagberg passed away on September 8, 2019 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 2002-10
- Epigraph
- Soul Mate
We share a single soul . . .
fates soft embrace
a tale many times told
then usually laid to waste.
Looking towards touch
the steadfast mediator
we steep in it much
only to drown in it... (show all) later.
An age-old rhyme
we all but actually hear
cutting swiftly through time
to covet what is near.
What barbaric thought
propelling one's self
from what is sought
to unequivocal hell.
It is inside the stillness
warmth permeates the being
inside the willingness
one truly begins seeing.
Remember the soul . . .
it knows out name
gives us all we need to know
and how it is we became
-Gina Hagberg-Ballinger
Those who cannot remember the past
are condemned to repeat it.
-George Santayana
Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast,
And in a little while our lips are dumb.
Let us alone, What is it that will last?
All things are taken from us, and become
Portions and parcels of the dreaded past.
-Alfr... (show all)ed, Lord Tennyson - Dedication
- This book is for Lorrel
and for our son, Kevin,
whose imagination is second
only to his kindness - First words
- Dr. Anatoli Nikolyev was an old man, and the summer heat was oppressive to him as he hauled his thin body up the dark narrow stairs.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Katy," she corrected. She nodded. "I'll be happy to go anywhere, as long as it's with you."
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