Defection Games — Haggai Carmon

There' a war being fought, but it's just below the surface and away from the media's gaze. It's the civilized world against the theocratic pariah state of Iran -- a race to stop their development of a nuclear weapon. But for this clandestine war to be fought in the shadows, intelligence services must first gather information on Iran's capabilities. These operations are intricate and conniving beyond the stretch of the imagination. The intelligence operatives know that changing loyalties, betrayal and treason are not the exception, they are the rule. In the cesspool of the covert intelligence war, there are no long-term loyalties, only immediate interests. Enemy, friend -- these shift daily. That's where Dan Gordon, an Israeli lawyer and former Mossad agent now contracted by the CIA, comes in. He is an indefatigable lone wolf, never safe from hostile moves even by those he should trust. He is undeterred, and hurdles he successfully overcomes are only preludes to new ones. That's why Dan must sleep with one eye open. Always. Dan is assigned with the dangerous and sensitive joint CIA / Mossad mission: to extricate from Iran a defecting general with a trove of intelligence golden nuggets. Operating beyond enemy lines and hostile territory, Dan realizes that he is being maneuvered by others, leading him to question his mission, his target and his superiors. In a chase through Iran, Syria, Turkey, Paris, Rome and Dubai, Dan completes his mission successfully, heeding the intelligence officer's 11th Commandment, “Thou shalt not get caught.” The author is an Israeli-born international attorney sharing his time and practice between the United States, Israel and the rest of the world. Since 1985, several federal agencies have assigned him with worldwide responsibility for undercover intelligence gathering outside the United States.He has performed this sensitive investigative work in more than thirty foreign countries. The undercover work of Haggai Carmon inspired his thrillers. They describe CIA/MOSSAD cooperation where the protagonist Dan Gordon, a Mossad veteran now working for the U.S Department of Justice in foreign intelligence gathering, discovers that the seemingly routine cases he is handling are espionage or terrorist related. Haggai Carmon is a member of the U.S Association of Former Intelligence Officers. To date, in addition to Defection Games, Haggai Carmon has written four novels in the Dan Gordon Intelligence Thriller® series: Triple Identity, The Red Syndrome, The Chameleon Conspiracy and Triangle of Deception. Although the thrillers are fiction, their authenticity is unparalleled, a fact attested to by the identity and words of the individuals who wrote the books' introductions. For Triple Identity: Sarah McKee, former general counsel, INTERPOL, USA and an “Anonymous” former top MOSSAD executive. For The Red Syndrome: Brigadier General Ephraim Sneh, Israel's former Deputy Minister of Defense and Minister of Health. For The Chameleon Conspiracy: Andre LeGallo, former top CIA operative and executive. For The Triangle of Defection: Jacob Perry, former director of SHABACK, Israel's internal security service. For Defection Games: David Epstein, former Director of Foreign Litigation of the U.S Department of Justice. Carmon's books were published in hardcover, trade paperback, mass-market pocketbook, Audio, Kindle and other eBook editions. Triple Identity was also translated into Hebrew and published by Israel's largest publishing house.