Retired master spy Paul Christopher goes missing a day after a family dinner. Months later a Chinese official delivers his ashes to the American consulate in Beijing, and a memorial service is held in Washington. But the Old Boys of the CIA are not convinced that their ex-colleague is dead and embark upon a thrilling search that takes them from Xinjiang to Brazil, from Rome to Moscow and finally to an unspeakably dangerous secret.
Author Biography
Charles McCarry was born in 1930, and is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books, including the Paul Christopher novels. He spent much of his non-writing life working for the CIA and now divides his time between the Berkshires and Florida's west coast.
