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A John Phoenix Espionage Thriller: A CIA Thriller of Asset Recruitment, Betrayal, and Escalating War

John Phoenix is a CIA case officer trained to manage crises quietly.
This one refuses to stay quiet.

Sent to Mexico City to oversee covert peace talks between Venezuela and Guyana—two nations on the brink of war over the oil-rich Essequibo Region—Phoenix is tasked with more than diplomacy. His real mission is clandestine and dangerous: turn Venezuela’s vice president into a U.S. intelligence asset before the situation ignites into open conflict.

But someone else is already moving.

A shadowy adversary launches a counter-operation that exposes a traitorous mole inside the CIA, unraveling Phoenix’s carefully constructed plan. As cartel violence erupts, military strikes escalate along the disputed border, and the region slides toward chaos, Phoenix realizes the operation has been compromised from the start.

When American aviators are shot down and taken hostage inside Venezuela, the stakes spike overnight. The U.S. president issues a direct order: extract the captives at any cost. To make the rescue possible, Phoenix is forced into an unthinkable role—sacrificing his cover, his team’s safety, and his own freedom by becoming the target in a deadly game of deception.

There is no margin for error.
And no guarantee he’ll survive what comes next.

Step Into the Operation

If you enjoy realistic CIA thrillers, modern espionage, and geopolitical tension where diplomacy and violence collide, you’re in the right place.

This is not clean negotiation or heroic spy fantasy. This is intelligence work at the edge of war—where every move creates consequences no one can fully control.

Why Readers Stay with the John Phoenix Series

Grounded in real-world intelligence tradecraft and contemporary geopolitics, Target Phoenix explores:

• Covert diplomacy and asset recruitment
• Intelligence failures caused by internal betrayal
• Cartel violence intersecting with state power
• Military escalation driven by political brinkmanship
• A protagonist forced to become bait to stop a wider war

There are no clean victories here—only damage control.

Perfect for Fans of

Jack Carr • Tom Clancy • Mark Greaney • Mark Dawson • Brad Taylor

If you’re drawn to modern spy fiction with escalating geopolitical stakes, institutional corruption, and morally complex decisions, the John Phoenix Espionage Thrillers deliver a darker, more realistic edge.

Continue the series with Target Phoenix.