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England has relied on court whispers, ballroom plots and gold payments for intelligence during past wars, but Napoleon Bonaparte’s ascension has shown the need for something more. It is the dawn of British secret service, and no map reveals the path for this new type of espionage. Some early steps are taken in 1802 by Lieutenant Philip Collier, an outcast lacking patronage to advance his military career. He accepts a covert assignment inside France, seeing a chance for glory and promotion, but his exuberance leads to a series of stumbles. He is left stranded in Paris, searching for ...

The United States remains in an advisory role in South Vietnam in the summer of 1964, but the drumbeats of war are growing louder. American Steve Jordan comes to the troubled country looking to reset his life with a new job as an adviser to the Saigon police. He has barely unpacked his bags when he is assigned to probe the gruesome murder of a Canadian diplomat. The investigation forces him to navigate an unfamiliar city that is awash with tropical downpours, cheap liquor and murky intrigue. Meanwhile, each lead pulls back the curtain on a new layer of corruption, ambition and Cold War ...