{"product_id":"the-silent-directorate-paperback-1","title":"The Silent Directorate - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen Coughtry\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eA. G. Soares\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a hostage rescue in Afghanistan collapses, one British agent discovers the war is only the cover story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 2002, in the opening years of the Global War on Terror. When an American journalist is taken hostage inside a remote Afghan fortress, Britain and the United States launch a joint covert mission to bring her home.\u003cbr\u003eBritish agent Tom Harrington-operating under military cover-is assigned to lead the assault into the mountains of northern Afghanistan. The mission is supposed to be precise. Contained. Plausibly deniable.\u003cbr\u003eIt goes catastrophically wrong.\u003cbr\u003eAs the operation unravels, Tom uncovers fractures in the intelligence picture: conflicting briefings, buried agendas, and a CIA presence far too invested in the outcome. What begins as a hostage rescue becomes a trail of betrayal leading from Whitehall briefing rooms to forward bases in Afghanistan, Mediterranean ports, shadowed villas, and diplomatic back channels.\u003cbr\u003eSomeone wants this chaos.\u003cbr\u003eAnd someone is profiting from it.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Directorate\u003c\/i\u003e, Tom follows the evidence beyond rogue operatives and battlefield mistakes to a hidden architecture of power: an organization that manufactures instability, manipulates regime change, and operates beyond nations and flags.\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of John le Carré, Mick Herron, Daniel Silva, and grounded espionage thrillers, A. G. Soares's \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Directorate\u003c\/i\u003e is a psychologically driven spy novel about covert wars, institutional betrayal, and the moral cost of confronting power that was never meant to be seen.\u003cbr\u003eThe deeper Tom digs, the clearer it becomes: exposing the truth may not save him.\u003cbr\u003eIt may turn him into the very thing he is hunting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46735190327493,"sku":"9781966785033","price":25.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/9Jx44K6cpI9781966785033_d599cc7e-df85-4be7-b3f9-b0ab93a58b1e.webp?v=1786783915","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-silent-directorate-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}