ABOUT THE BOOK
THE REVOLUTIONARY AND SPY
1983: Deep in the jungle of the Central American republic of Madrinega, four stolen American cruise missiles lie hidden under heavy guard by guerillas. Agent Jeigh Leighton, posing as a free-lance left-wing journalist, is sent to recover them by incensing the authoritarian government of General Eduardo Vilar with critical coverage of its bloody counterinsurgency campaign to the point that the guerillas feel compelled to protect him. But Leighton’s gambit to infiltrate the movement could end prematurely with a Secret Police bullet – and nothing prepares him for Zorrita, the mysterious mastermind behind the growing insurgency who will kill him herself if she discovers his true identity.
THE MADRINEGA MISSILES PLAYLIST
Step into the world of Damien Hunter's espionage thriller with the music that inspired the story. Immerse yourself in the gripping atmosphere and pulse-pounding moments of The Madrinega Missiles.
Chapter 1 - BLT and Brazilian Coffee: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - The Eurhythmics, 1983
Chapter 4 - Panactatlan: El Pueblo - Jose Mendez
Chapter 7 - Villa Palmera: El Quinto Sol -Los Peludos, 1983
Me Voy Pa'l Pueblo - Los Peludos, 1983
Goza Negra - Celia Cruz, La Sonora Matancera, 1956
Chapter 9 - Zorrita: El Camino de Majorca - Luca Stavos
Chapter 12 - Reposado: Goza Negra - Celia Cruz, La Sonora Matancera, 1956
Chapter 16 - La Selva: Mi Padrino - Francisco Zavaleta
Chapter 23 - Radio Night: Heart Still Beating - Ottmar Leibert
Chapter 31 - Operation Icarus: Jingo - Carlos Santana, 1969
Chapter 37 - The Go Signal: It's a Mistake - Men at Work, 1982
Chapter 39 - The Flower in the Gun: Fernanda's Theme - Diego Fernandez
La Milonga - Jose Mendez
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Winner, Honorable Mention Genre Fiction 2005 Writers Digest Awards
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John Markham Cortland is the embodiment of Big Oil, a wealthy industrialist secretly smuggling arms and cocaine. Reaping billions in drug profits that dwarf even his oil empire, he compels American intelligence to turn a blind eye until he cultivates new clients in the Middle East.Leighton, an assassin with a checkered past in covert operations, is assigned to kill Cortland in Costa Rica as he vacations with his mistress. But when Leighton's escape plan mysteriously fails, he goes to ground as the agency sends an old flame in harm's way to smoke him out. Paula Grant carries the proof that Leighton's assignment was a rogue operation, but even she does not know if her true mission is to rescue him, or flush him before the guns of the agency's contract killers.Evading a nationwide manhunt, Leighton and Paula come to realize they threaten the forces that engineered Cortland's death, forces that have penetrated their own agency and arranged to sabotage the dead industrialist's promising synthetic fuel .
Published on February 4, 2004
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ABOUT DAMIEN HUNTER
Damien Hunter is a career civil servant and former lobbyist who made a major contribution to crafting regulations for California's legal cannabis industry. His espionage thrillers, often set in the 1980's with a political vein, follow the exploits of an African-American agent, Jeigh Leighton. He has authored two spy thrillers set in Latin America, and is currently at work on a third.