New Espionage Thriller Releases
The Bourne series continues with *The Bourne Vendetta* (Jason Bourne #20) by Brian Freeman, while Mark Greaney released *The Chaos Agent* as the 13th Gray Man novel. David McCloskey's *The Seventh Floor* features six CIA officers entangled in betrayals, and Alma Katsu's *Red London* continues CIA agent Lyndsey Duncan's story. Independent author Robert Morton promoted his "Corey Pearson- CIA Spymaster Series" focusing on disinformation threats, reaching over 1,000 views.
- Brian Freeman was selected by the estate of Robert Ludlum to continue the Jason Bourne series, taking over from the previous author, Eric Van Lustbader. *The Bourne Vendetta* is Freeman's sixth entry in the series. - The Gray Man series, featuring Court Gentry as a former CIA operative turned elite assassin, was adapted into a Netflix film in 2022 starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. Author Mark Greaney has penned twelve novels in the series to date. - David McCloskey, the author of *The Seventh Floor*, is a former CIA analyst who worked for six years on Syria and regularly contributed to White House intelligence briefings. His writing is often praised for its realism, drawing from his personal experiences within the intelligence community. - Alma Katsu, the author of *Red London*, brings a significant background in intelligence to her writing, having worked for 35 years as a senior intelligence analyst for several U.S. agencies, including the CIA and NSA. Her "Red Widow" series, which includes *Red London*, is noted for its authentic depiction of tradecraft. - *Red London* continues the story of CIA agent Lyndsey Duncan, who in this installment is tasked with getting close to the aristocratic British wife of a Russian oligarch in London to uncover a connection to Russia's geopolitical past. - Robert Morton, author of the "Corey Pearson- CIA Spymaster Series," is a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO). His series is noted for blending knowledge of real-life intelligence operations with fictional storytelling, focusing on themes of covert missions and betrayal. - The Corey Pearson series often explores nightmare scenarios for the intelligence community, such as chasing Russian moles deeply embedded within American power structures, a theme that draws parallels to real-life espionage cases like that of Robert Hanssen.
