Dragons More Decent Than Men

In this sequel to The Pattern of a Snowflake the CIA team is resurrected, promoted, and deployed in undercover service against criminal elements operating beyond the reach of civil law enforcement. The team is the brainchild of an administrative CIA agent whose theory proposes that amateur ad hoc personnel can often be more creative and hence effective than can rules-laden professionals. The sinister part of his theory, however, purports to turn amateurs into assassins by strategically placing them in threatening situations. All the members of the original team are back in full force, sporting their intellectual color and notorious bickering. When these ex-school teachers, ex-principal, and ex-Russian spy are joined by personages of dubious repute, the social politics become complex. The book is replete with modern American small arms and surplus Iron Curtain weapons from the Cold War era. The story includes small aircraft flights and a thrilling motorcycle chase and carjack rescue. A spy novel for lovers of literature, this book is riff with quirky comedy as well as deep intrigue. Anyone looking for an entertaining yet philosophical jaunt through the espionage world won’t be able to put this book down.