On a rainy April evening in Washington D.C., a silver-
haired man reminisces while on his way home. He has
several imperceptible booby traps in his house; he has to
be careful, always, he will be forever looking over his
shoulder; but as usual nothing is disturbed. A knock at
the front door startles him: agents Faye Dozier and her
partner Peter from Home Security are paying him an
unexpected visit. The silver-haired man has been under
surveillance for a long time, he suffered some sort of
epic burnout, he takes several pills daily which he was
told would stabilise his condition. He can't help but
remember, but his memories are faulty and incomplete; he
is also a bit paranoid.
His working name could be Vin, or still might be Condor
as it once was in the CIA... On an ordinary Tuesday, Vin
comes back from his job at the Library of Congress, opens
his front door, and he notices that someone has been in
his home. Peter is dead: crucified to the mantelpiece,
his throat slashed, and his eyes gouged out. And Condor
gathers a few essentials and runs.
LAST DAYS OF THE CONDOR is the latest in the Condor
series, and it can be read as a standalone mostly because
of the precise descriptions and explanations from the
author. From the claustrophobic feeling of wondering if
you are being watched or not, to the nerve-racking cat
and mouse games, where you never quite know if anyone is
really whom they pretend to be, where names mean nothing.
LAST DAYS OF THE CONDOR is a kaleidoscopic, psychedelic
thrill ride that will not be easily forgotten! Mr. Grady
has crafted the ultimate spy tale where reality is a
house of illusions, where lives are defined by
international incidents, where people are merely data to
be sorted, modified or deleted. Mr. Grady's prose is
efficient, crisp and gives a sense of the frenzied panic
the characters are experiencing. I truly appreciated that
Condor, an older man, handles challenging physical
situations according to his age, and I also liked his
relationship with Faye, who is entirely believable and
quite engaging.
LAST DAYS OF THE CONDOR has an exceptionally ingenious
plot twist that will leave you wondering as well as the
unique distinction of being an exciting, extremely fast-
paced suspense with not a single car chase! LAST DAYS OF
THE CONDOR is a thriller you will not soon forget!
Look in the mirror: You’re nobody anybody knows. You know
pursuing the truth will get you killed. But you refuse to
just fade away.
So you’re designated an enemy of the largest secret
national
security apparatus in America’s history. Good guys or bad
guys, it doesn’t matter: All assassins’ guns are aimed at
you. And you run for your life branded with the code name
you made iconic: Condor.
Everyone you care about is pulled into the gunsights. The
CIA star young enough to be your daughter—she might shoot
you or save you. The savvy political aide who lets love
trump the law. The lonely woman your romantic dreams make
a
fugitive. The Middle Eastern child warrior you mentored
into
a master spy.
Last Days of the Condor is the bullet-paced, ticking clock
saga of America on the edge of our most startling spy
world
revolution since 9/11. Set in the savage streets and
Kafkaesque corridors of Washington, DC, shot through with
sex and suspense, with secret agent tradecraft and
full-speed action, with hunters and the hunted, Last Days
of
the Condor is a breakneck saga of America’s secrets from
muckraking investigative reporter and author James
Grady.
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