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Secrets of State / Matthew Palmer.
Formerly the top South Asia expert in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Argus Systems' consultant Sam Trainor stumbles across an intelligence anomaly that could potentially stoke the simmering conflict between India and Pakistan, nuclear-armed rivals that have already fought multiple wars. And Sam's new employer could be up to its neck in it.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399165719 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 419 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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| General Note: | Map on lining papers. |
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| Subject: | Government consultants > Fiction. India > Foreign relations > Fiction. Pakistan > Foreign relations > India > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Political fiction. Suspense fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Palme | 31681002504660 | FICTION | Checked out | 06/14/2025 |
- Baker & Taylor
Moving into private intelligence contracting after getting in trouble for speaking his mind, Sam Trainor stumbles on dangerous information about conflicts between India and Pakistan that are escalating into a serious nuclear threat. - Baker & Taylor
"From a veteran insider with over twenty years' experience in the U.S. Foreign Service comes a taut, insightful thriller of global intrigue and behind-the-scenes international politics"-- - Baker & Taylor
Moving into private intelligence contracting after getting in trouble for speaking his mind, Sam Trainor stumbles on dangerous information about conflicts between India and Pakistan that are escalating into a serious nuclear threat. By the author of The American Mission. - Baker & Taylor
"From a veteran insider with over twenty years' experience in the U.S. Foreign Service comes a taut, insightful thriller of global intrigue and behind-the-scenes international politics. Sam Trainor's career of overseas work coupled with a penchant for being outspoken has left him on the outside of the competitive Washington establishment. Formerly the top South Asia expert in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Trainor has moved to the private sector, working as an analyst for the consulting firm Argus Systems. But Sam soon discovers that for all their similarities, the government and their hired contractors have vastly different motives. As he struggles to adjust to a more corporate, profit-driven version of the work that had been his life, he stumbles across an intelligence anomaly--the transcript of a phone conversation about the fastest ways to upend the delicate political balance keeping India and Pakistan from all-out war. Yet Sam knows that conversation can't have occurred--because he is having an affair with one of the alleged participants. As he digs into the source of this misinformation, he realizes that more is at stake than just bad intel. Someone is deliberately twisting the intelligence to stoke the simmering conflict between India and Pakistan, nuclear-armed rivals that have already fought multiple wars. And Sam's new employer could be up to its neck in it"-- - Penguin Putnam
An NPR Best Book of the Year
From a veteran insider with over twenty yearsâ experience in the U.S. Foreign Service comes a taut, insightful thriller of global intrigue and behind-the-scenes international politics.
Sam Trainorâs career of overseas work coupled with a penchant for being outspoken has left him on the outside of the competitive Washington establishment. Formerly the top South Asia expert in the State Departmentâs Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Trainor has moved to the private sector, working as an analyst for the consulting firm Argus Systems.
But Sam soon discovers that for all their similarities, the government and their hired contractors have vastly different motives. As he struggles to adjust to a more corporate, profit-driven version of the work that had been his life, he stumbles across an intelligence anomalyâthe transcript of a phone conversation about the fastest ways to upend the delicate political balance keeping India and Pakistan from all-out war. Yet Sam knows that conversation canât have occurredâbecause he is having an affair with one of the alleged participants.
As he digs into the source of this misinformation, he realizes that more is at stake than just bad intel. Someone is deliberately twisting the intelligence to stoke the simmering conflict between India and Pakistan, nuclear-armed rivals that have already fought multiple wars. And Samâs new employer could be up to its neck in it. - Random House, Inc.
Matthew Palmer returns with another gripping, all-too-real thriller deeply entrenched in real-world global intrigue and international politics, this time examining the worldâs most dangerous yet overlooked nuclear threatâwar between India and Pakistan.
Sam Trainor had once been a whiz kid with a bright future, but a career of overseas work coupled with a penchant for being an outspoken iconoclast has once again left him on the outside looking in. Now heâs moving over from being the top South Asia expert in the State Departmentâs Bureau of Intelligence & Research to doing identical work as a contractorâfor twice the payâat Argus Systems, a Beltway Bandit consulting company with a lucrative contract to provide the federal government with intelligence and analysis on the subcontinent.
But Sam soon discovers that for all their similarities, the government and private consulting companies have vastly different motives. As he struggles to adjust to a more corporate, profit-driven version of the work that had been his life, he stumbles across an anomaly in the intelâthe transcript of a phone conversation discussing the fastest ways to upend the delicate political balance keeping India and Pakistan from all-out war. Only he knows that conversation couldnât have occurred because, among other things, he is having an affair with one of the participants.
As he digs into the source of this misinformation, he realizes that more is at stake than just bad intel. Someone is deliberately twisting the intelligence to stoke the simmering conflict between India and Pakistan, nuclear-armed rivals that have already fought multiple wars. And Samâs new employer could be up to its neck in it.
