Activated: Out of the Night (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781087975771)

Spencer Smith aka "Bishop", is the most accomplished operative for a covert operations organization simply known as "The Agency." Bishop called it quits after a mission in the middle east went horribly wrong. His team was ambushed, and it resulted in the loss of life of almost all his comrades. Bishop only barely survived; the grief and loss of his squad sent him down a reclusive path. He was abruptly activated when the Agency had a mission of the utmost importance that required his particular set of skills. They needed their best group of operatives: Bishop, of course, being one of them.

The mission began like a typical kill or capture operation, but this changed quickly and dramatically. It went sideways and revealed a competing powerful and influential counterintelligence organization with a grudge to settle with the Agency. As Bishop and his team gathered intel, they realized that the Agency might have darker secrets than they let on. A power struggle between the two groups was brewing, and they both were using and sacrificing their pawns in their gambit to achieve a positional advantage and clear a path to attack the king. The information the agents gleaned from their missions put them deep into a conspiracy with no winners only losers. The onus lay on Spencer and his team to decide how to play their cards. They had bitten off more than they could chew and there was no putting the pin back in this grenade.

This is a classic tale of espionage, treachery, and betrayal. No matter the outcome, it seems like Bishop will not be getting a break just yet.