This book is the first in a new series featuring Jed Walker, a former deep cover CIA operative. On Jed’s last sanctioned mission, he learns that one of the primary goals of the mission includes making sure Jed Walker does NOT survive it. He escapes only by faking his own death and then strikes out on his own to track down the forces that are trying to remove him. That final mission was to infiltrate a mysterious group known as Zodiac, who are plotting a series of devastating terrorist attacks meant to destabilize the current world order. The first of these attacks is set to go off in a little less than 4 days, and Jed will need to use all of his skills and resources if he is able to stop it and at the same time identify those who are working to have him removed. Not knowing who he can and cannot trust, Jed has to rely on his wiles and the network he had developed in his previous life as a CIA operative. The question is, can he trust these resources or is he setting himself up for betrayal? This first in a new series is a blistering page-turner and I can’t wait to see what comes next!
The Spy by James Phelan, (List Price: $16.99, Blackstone Publishing, 9781094193205, August 2024)
Reviewed by Brent Bunnell, Fiction Addiction in Greenville, South Carolina