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Description edit
In the Special Operations Section of the British Secret Intelligence Agency, there are only three ways you leave the job: You’re promoted out, you quit, or you die. Tara Chace has been waiting for the first while avoiding the third. After ten years, though, she’s getting old, and she’s getting... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters edit
- Tara Chace: Head of Section (Minder One) for the Special Operations Division of SIS (Secret Intelligence Service)
- Paul Crocker: Director of Operations for SIS (Secret Intelligence Service)
- Youness Shirazi: Head of Counterintelligence for VEVAK, Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security
- Caleb Lewis: Fresh out out of spy school, Special Operations Officer "Tehran Number Two" stationed as embassy staff in Tehran.
- Adrian Macintyre: SIS Security personnel
- Hossein Khamenei: Eldest nephew of the Ayatollah Khamenei
- Alison Gordon-Palmer: Chief of Service also known as "C"
- Farzan Zahabzeh: Deputy Director (junior co-worker of Shirazi) at Counterintelligence for VEVAK, Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security
- Nicky Poole: Minder Two for the Special Operations Division of SIS (Secret Intelligence Service)
- Julian Seale: CIA Chief of Station in London
- Lee Barnett: Special Operations Officer "Tehran Number One" stationed as embassy staff in Tehran
- Kate Cooke: Personal assistant to Paul Crocker
- Chris Lankford: Minder Three for the Special Operations Division of SIS (Secret Intelligence Service)
- Tamsin: Daughter of Tara Chace and Tom Wallace
- Simon Rayburn: Deputy Chief of Service and immediate superior to Paul Crocker
- Sir Walter Seccombe: Permanent Undersecretary to the Foreign Office
- Jeremy Newsom: Currently retired SIS personnel that was Station Two for Tehran prior to the Revolution
- Terry Ricks: Previous Tehran Number Two that was replaced by Caleb Lewis
- Daniel Szurko: Director of Intelligence for SIS (Secret Intelligence Service)
- Ron Hodgson: Duty Operations Officer who monitors all incoming intelligence from foreign stations and other sources
- Tom Wallace: Former Head of Section (Minder One) for the Special Operations Division of SIS (Secret Intelligence Service). Love interest of Tara Chace.
- Mr. Smith: Recruiter for Secret Intelligence Service
- Colonel Richard Moss: Head of the Special Projects Team
Glossary edit
- SIS: Secret Intelligence Service
- SAS: Special Air Service the Special Forces of the British Army
- D-Ops: Director of Operations
- D-Int: Director of Intelligence
- VEVAK: Ministry of Intelligence and National Security
- RHIB: Ridged Hull Inflatable Boats
- MOIS: Ministry of Intelligence and National Security
- MOD: Ministry of Defense
- PNG: Persona Non Grata
- HMG: Her Majesty's Government
- FCO: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- DC: Deputy Chief of Service
- PUS: Permanent Under Secretary
- RZ: Rendezvous
- CTAP: Counter Terrorism Assistance Program
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 3 in Queen and Country (Novels). (standard series)
Preceded by Private Wars.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Greg Rucka (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
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