It’s a pleasure to read a spy thriller that highlights the grim and dangerous realities of the tradecraft with the no-nonsense demeanor of a well-informed and experienced scribe. 

When a senior Lebanese intelligence officer in Beirut looks for an out, British intelligence makes it their directive to get the man out, or ensure no one else can have him. In Beirut, a city bustling with activity of all sorts of enterprises, the net starts to shrink quicker than expected with options dwindling by the hour. A race to the asset ensues with operatives and civilians alike caught in the web.

Beirut Extraction feels like an official playbook of spies. The characters and challenges feel so real and ripe with intensity of the real world that it’s sometimes almost impossible to imagine this is a work of fiction. Perhaps it has seeds of reality. From the overall objective to the operational execution of the extraction and hiccups that plague the mission, the narrative benefits greatly from a realistic approach of multiple angles and characters whose paths entangle to form the full story.

Come for the highly detailed and realistic narrative and stay for the intense nail-biting action in Beirut Extraction.

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