Checkpoint Charade - A Cold War MM Spy Thriller

Caleb North

/ ISBN 13: 9798233562501

Published by WMC Publishing, 2026

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Two rival spies. A divided city. One treasonous alliance.The Berlin Wall has just severed a city in two, and the Cold War is freezing into its deadliest phase. CIA operative Dan Carter lives a double life. By day, he plays the role of a brash American journalist; by night, he hunts Soviet leaks while desperately hiding his true nature from his own government. The Lavender Scare is purging men like him from the agency, and internal security is watching his every move.Across the concrete divide, senior KGB agent Alexei Volkov wears a mask of perfect loyalty. Haunted by the memory of a friend lost to a Siberian labor camp under Article 121, Alexei understands that a single misstep or misplaced affection means death. He is the perfect Soviet instrument: cold, efficient, and entirely hollowed out by duty.When a British diplomat steals the Central Asset Registry-a microfilm containing the identity of every Western intelligence officer in Berlin-Dan and Alexei are dispatched by their respective agencies to hunt him down. Their missions put them on a violent collision course. But as the hunt draws them deeper into the ruined, bombed-out shadows of the divided city, the lines between enemy and ally begin to blur.A chaotic encounter at Checkpoint Charlie sparks a dangerous recognition between them. A standoff in a ruined courtyard shifts the balance of power. Soon, they realize that the true enemy isn't each other, but the ruthless East German Stasi kill squad determined to slaughter anyone who gets in their way.To prevent a massacre and secure the microfilm, an American and a Soviet must do the unthinkable: trust each other.Checkpoint Charade is a gripping, atmospheric MM spy thriller about duty, survival, and forbidden love. Featuring intense espionage tradecraft, high-stakes action, enemies-to-allies romance, and two men who must choose between the countries that want them dead and the illicit bond that might just keep them alive. Seller Inventory # 9798233562501

Synopsis:

West Berlin, 1961. The Wall is two months old, and everyone is keeping secrets.

Dan Carter arrived in the divided city wearing the face of a brash American journalist - a cover hiding the intelligence officer beneath, and a deeper secret buried so far down he has almost convinced himself it isn't there. His assignment is simple and brutal: find the traitor feeding military secrets across the line before the betrayal costs more lives.

Then a single evening in a glittering embassy ballroom changes everything. On the other side of the Iron Curtain, Alexei Volkov has spent his life perfecting a mask of his own, surviving in a system where a wrong expression can end you. When the two men collide, each recognizes something in the other that neither can afford to feel.

As the mole hunt tightens and internal security begins to circle, Dan learns that the most dangerous thing he carries isn't the secrets in his radio or the gun in his waistband - it's the truth about who he is, and who he's beginning to fall for. In a city built on division, loving the wrong man could mean exposure, ruin, or death.

Some walls are built of concrete. Others are built of fear.

Checkpoint Charade is the first book in Iron Curtain Hearts, a slow-burn MM Cold War spy thriller series of forbidden love and impossible loyalties. A complete story with a deeply satisfying - and unforgettable - emotional payoff.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Checkpoint Charade - A Cold War MM Spy ...
Publisher: WMC Publishing
Publication Date: 2026
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu