{"title":"Charles McCarry","description":"Charles McCarry (1930-2019) worked for several years for the Central Intelligence Agency. He wrote 10 novels about Paul Christopher, as well as many other novels and nonfiction books.","products":[{"product_id":"second-sight-paperback","title":"Second Sight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA master spy confronts the ghosts of his past in a world where memory is the deadliest weapon.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSecond Sight\u003c\/em\u003e, the seventh installment of Charles McCarry's acclaimed Paul Christopher series, the legendary spy is drawn out of retirement and into a global manhunt that quickly turns personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eU.S. agents across the Arab world are being abducted and brainwashed by a mysterious enemy wielding a mind-altering drug. When Christopher's former superior in \"the Outfit\" calls on him, he cannot refuse-even as the mission leads him back into the shadows of his own history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom pre-Nazi Germany to Cold War battlegrounds, from Vietnam to Washington, D.C., McCarry's narrative spans continents and decades, weaving a tale of espionage, betrayal, and reckoning. At its heart is a gifted Berber woman whose visions may hold the key to Christopher's fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith lyrical prose and taut suspense, \u003cem\u003eSecond Sight\u003c\/em\u003e explores the cost of secrets and the power of memory in a world built on deception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince his reemergence with the publication of Old Boys, Charles McCarry has been heralded as one of the select few novelists of espionage who manage to break out of his genre to shine as a brilliant and unique novelist. 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