First Assignment

ISBN: 0595233422

Author: Falcone, Christopher

Condition: New

A young, idealistic CIA agent is assigned his first big casecracking a gun ring in Bangkok, Thailand. FIRST ASSIGNMENT is an action-packed espionage thriller played out on the murky streets of one of the world's most exciting cities. Kyle Jordan is flanked by a solid partner, Robert Jackson, whom he initially misjudges; supervised by a hardened team leader, Roger Petty, whom he cannot stand but must respect; and coaxed deeper into head-spinning mayhem by his sole contact, Carla Kwon, an intriguing beauty who is everything but what she seems. FIRST ASSIGNMENT is a rich confluence of events and players brought about by a single directive: bring down one Lin Chu, the most legendary arms smuggler, and prolific killer, east of the Atlantic Ocean. The team is charged with the critical tasks of finding out where Chu is getting the weapons from, who he's selling to, and perhaps most importantly, how powerful are the weapons he's distributing?