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VIPER 09 – Bloodline of Death
Book nine in the VIPER series by David Baker
VIPER 9 – Bloodline of Death. All David Baker’s novels are written as standalone books, but also serve as a continuation of the wider VIPER storyline.
Eleven years ago in London, England, a young MI5 agent was snatched by persons unknown. At the time, the agent was deeply involved in an operation surrounding the defection of a Russian Colonel-General a man recently demoted from Admiral of the Fleet within the highly secretive Russian Naval Special Projects division.
This Colonel-General brought with him documents that were among the most sensitive and explosive revelations the West had seen regarding Russia in decades.
Throughout the years, the British Security Services drew a blank no suspects, no leads, no clear motive. Two members of the Viper Squad were secretly tasked with investigating the disappearance and determining who had carried out the abduction and why.
Now, eleven years later, new fragments of old intelligence and recently highlighted video footage bring long-buried clues into sharp focus. The jigsaw begins to fit together. And the implications are staggering.
Viper is now on the hunt for the abductors, the truth, and the fate of their British colleague. Little do they know that what has been uncovered is nothing short of Doomsday waiting to happen.
Black Operations involve activities that are highly clandestine and often outside standard intelligence or military protocols. They use deception, deniability, and extreme secrecy often masking who is truly responsible.
Welcome to the world of VIPER, a secret elite Black Operations squad formed under Margaret Thatcher following the Iranian Embassy Siege in London a tightly held British secret passed from one Prime Minister to the next. Every operation is sanctioned only by the serving PM through Charles Baker, Commander of Viper.
