Budapest Escape - Softcover

Rapp, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941890725 ISBN 13: 9781941890721

Publisher: Coffeetown Press, 2019

Synopsis

CIA officer Karl Baier has been running a highly-placed source in the Communist Party and Hungarian government from his post in Vienna for over a year.  When he receives a warning that is source is in danger, Baier knows he will have to return to Budapest to find and rescue his agent—if he is even alive.  Despite resistance from CIA Headquarters in Washington, Baier and a colleague will have to locate the Hungarian agent, overcome his reluctance and skepticism, dodge Soviet tanks, evade Red Army patrols, escape from KGB prisons, and disobey orders from Washington as they search for a way to freedom.  Along the way he will discover support and betrayal where he least expected it.

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About the Author

Bill Rapp retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in 2017 after a 35-year career as analyst, diplomat, and senior executive. Before that he was an academic historian, teaching European History at Iowa State University. He received his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, his M.A. from the University of Toronto, and his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. The Budapest Escape is the third book in the Cold War Spy Series, following Tears of Innocence (2015) and The Hapsburg Variation (2017). Bill also has a three-book private detective series featuring P.I. Bill Habermann, set outside Chicago. He lives in northern Virginia with his wife, two daughters, two miniature schnauzers, and a cat.

Edition details

• Publisher: Coffeetown Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1941890725
• ISBN 13: 9781941890721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254