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Violence
Some
Moderate; spy thriller violence and the danger of Middle Eastern operations
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate; the moral complexity of contract work in ambiguous circumstances
What this book is about
John Lathrop's spy thriller follows a contractor drawn into a Middle Eastern operation that goes beyond what was promised — in the tradition of intelligence fiction that uses the distance of the contract world to examine the moral ambiguities of American foreign policy.
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