Black Ops

The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

De: Ric Prado

Narrado por: Scott Brick

A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era.

Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general. Black Ops is the story of Ric’s legendary career that spanned two eras, the Cold War and the Age of Terrorism. Operating in the shadows, Ric and his fellow CIA officers fought a little-seen and virtually unknown war to keep USA safe from those who would do it harm.

After duty stations in Central, South America, and the Philippines, Black Ops follows Ric into the highest echelons of the CIA’s headquarters at Langley, Virginia. In late 1995, he became Deputy Chief of Station and co-founding member of the Bin Laden Task Force. Three years later, after serving as head of Korean Operations, Ric took on one of the most dangerous missions of his career: re-establish a once-abandoned CIA station inside a hostile nation long since considered a front line of the fight against Islamic terrorism. He and his team carried out covert operations and developed assets that proved pivotal in the coming War on Terror.

A harrowing memoir of life in the shadowy world of assassins, terrorists, spies and revolutionaries, Black Ops is a testament to the courage, creativity and dedication of the Agency’s Special Activities Group and its elite shadow warriors.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

Great read

It was really interesting to listen to this story from the writer and hear how the world intersects. It was a very personal account and you could feel the emotion in it. He does not like Dianne Feinstein or Hollywood’s portrayal of the Agency. A big thank you to him for everything he did for our country.

Good story!

Very interesting story! My only complaint is the narrator. Scott Brick is one of the best narrators, but after hearing the author read the introduction I think the story would have had more impact if the author had of read the book. Brick is great with fictional books and is outstanding with Clive Cussler books, but I think the author would have made this book great!

Excellent

what an amazing story and what a great life. the ups and downs of mr. Prados life make this a very realistic and wholesome story full of Adventure and patriotism.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.

Simply Great True Story

Great Life story, simply great. Caption a higher attention each chapter, narrative helps understand the context of each decade and places

Amazing

Great book. Awesome stories. Very interesting and a solid read! Def worth your time.
Highly recommend.