Talia Inger is a rookie CIA case officer assigned not to the Moscow desk as she had hoped but to the forgotten backwaters of Eastern Europe–a department only known as “Other.” When she is tasked with helping a young, charming Moldovan executive secure his designs for a revolutionary defense technology, she figures she’ll be back in DC within a few days. But that’s before she knows where the designs are stored–and who’s after them. With her shady civilian partner, Adam Tyler, Talia takes a deep dive into a world where only criminal minds and unlikely strategies will keep the Gryphon, a high-altitude data vault, hovering in the mesosphere.
Even Tyler is more than he seems, and Talia begins to wonder: Is he helping her? Or using her access to CIA resources to pull off an epic heist for his own dark purposes?
In this Ocean’s Eleven-meets-Mission Impossible thriller, former tactical deception officer and stealth pilot James R. Hannibal offers you a nonstop thrill ride through the most daring heist ever conceived.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Gryphon Heist
Book Author: James R. Hannibal
What do you like about this book:
"Sometimes, in the greater plan, we only get the information needed to help us do our part . . . "
Obviously . . . . . . When CIA newbie Talia Inger is assigned to what she thinks is an open and shut case in a remote region of Eastern Europe, she quickly learns that nothing is what it seems and everything is what she doesn't know. Posing as a highly skilled security expert, Talia and her tech geek side-kick are totally shocked to find themselves stumbling into a vortex of international espionage; discovering that their customer's elusive high altitude data vault system, Gryphon, is rumored to be up for sale to the highest bidder. America's future is at risk.
And then there's Adam Tyler, a civilian assigned to be their partner; what exactly are his motives? Talia can never be sure.
"The Grypon Heist" is quite a unique blend of high tech thievery and low tech social dynamics; a recipe that rather brilliantly forces quirky, capable, brilliant characters towards a bond that is unmistakenly authentic. Surprisingly, there is also a rich, deep undercurrent of regret, remorse, and desperation . . . . . a soul that longs for revenge to be replaced with forgiveness. You don't have to read the ending to realize that everything circles back to the beginning; how wonderful to know that this book is just the first, in what is guaranteed to be a very enjoyable series.
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