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During the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, CIA field officers Alex Mason, Frank Woods, Russell Adler, and Joseph Bowman were tasked with assassinating Castro as part of a team codenamed Operation 40. Instead, they found a body double and intelligence reports speaking of a mysterious Soviet operative trying to split off from the KGB. During their escape, Mason would sacrifice himself to ensure the others could get away, falling into the hands of rogue operatives reporting to the enigmatic man that would come to be known as 'Perseus'.
Two years later, he manages escape from the Vorkuta prison camp and return to the States, only to be plagued with near constant migraines, seizures, hallucinations, blackouts, and numbers he can't stop hearing.
As tensions rise in Vietnam and his life falls apart back home, Mason is assigned to a MACV-SOG team to track down Soviet operatives and suspected collaborators of Perseus aiding the Viet Cong. He and the CIA are working to prevent the Cold War from heating up, the KGB is hunting down loose ends, and Perseus is laying the groundwork for his plans. Unbeknownst to Mason, he's become Perseus' greatest weapon against his own country. And the key to saving it.
Series
- Part 1 of The Deep State Series