Direct Legacy, James Stejskal
Direct Legacy, James Stejskal
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Direct Legacy
A Cold War Spy Thriller

Author: James Stejskal

Narrator: Perry Daniels

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/12/2023


Synopsis

When Neil Fitzpatrick, a rogue Green Beret soldier, is recruited by the Irish Republican Army to help prepare a terrorist attack, Paul Stavros, his former teammate, is sent to stop him and bring him home. Fitzpatrick, the American son of an Irish rebel who was forced to flee his birthplace, is a Special Forces demolitions expert. Fitzpatrick knows his trade and has a personal agenda with the IRA.

Alarm bells erupt when the US government learns that Fitzpatrick has gone over to the IRA. The American public can't find out that one of its elite soldiers is involved in terrorism and the US government won't rely on the British to find him. They need someone who knows Fitzpatrick and how he operates. Who better than one of his former teammates?

Paul Stavros is also a Special Forces veteran. He knows little of the Irish Troubles but is about to learn. What he does know is how to fix problems and Neil has just become his biggest headache.

Once, Fitzpatrick and Stavros were comrades and friends. Now they are pawns on opposite sides of an ugly war. The British want to kill one, the IRA wants to kill the other. It's a race to see who will be first.

About James Stejskal

James Stejskal, after thirty-five years of service with United States Army Special Forces and the Central Intelligence Agency, is a uniquely qualified historian and novelist. He is the author of Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956-1990; Masters of Mayhem: Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission to the Hejaz; No Moon as Witness; and The Snake Eater Chronicles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven

The third novel in James Stejskal's Snake Eater Chronicles, Direct Legacy: A Cold War Spy Thriller, is a page turner. Paul Stavros is the full-on protagonist this go around, with Kim Becker only making a cameo near the beginning of the novel. When an American special operations veteran offers his ex......more

Goodreads review by Joan

This fast-paced thriller, written by a seasoned CIA case officer who writes from first-hand experience, takes place in Northern Ireland in the 80s during The Troubles. The protagonist, Paul Stavros, a Special Forces operative, sets out to find Neil Fitzpatrick, a rogue Army soldier, who had been rec......more

Goodreads review by Darren

I came across this group, Military Thriller Book Group, about two years ago and thought that after being made aware of a slew of great authors and building a TBR (To Be Read) pile of books, if they were physical copies would be leaning dangerously to one side or another. One of the authors that I wa......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

James has written an exciting thriller set in Northern Ireland during the 'Troubles'. What makes it stand out is the involvement of the main protagonist, Paul Stavros, a member of the elite and highly secretive 'Detachment A' based in Berlin (loosely autobiographical, possibly, given James' own spec......more