Operation Hebron: A Spy Novel [Hardcover]

Eric Jordan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2000

The implications are immense; the power brokers are scurrying. Who is Hebron- and will he pull off the most audacious mission in the history of espionage? More daring and damning than Watergate and Irangate! It's an election year and political tension and media hype are mounting fast. Israel has launched a high-risk covert operation to have its top operative- a prominent U.S. Senator- elected President of the United States. The womanizing American Ambassador to the European Union is found dead in his Brussels mansion. The Iranians and Iraqis are suspected. Heads are going to roll. Meet Brenda Straus and Jackie Markovic, two of the most determined women you'll ever encounter- one, a whiz-kid Special Agent for the FBI, the other a lethally-seductive, moist-mouthed assassin- as they battle it out in a geo-political chess game that just may change the balance of world power. Written by a former top-level U.S. spy, Operation Hebron takes you from the thickly-upholstered nerve centers of Washington D.C., the spartan quarters of Jerusaleum's brain trust, and a secluded dacha outside of Moscow, to the seedy bars of Brussels and a sun-drenched hide-away in Mallorca. Across time-zones and secret satellite transmissions author Eric Jordan offers a thrill ride through the corridors of power, and uncovers the most sensitive operations of the FBI, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, ( SVR, ex-KGB) and the mythic Israeli Mossad. As the threat of international terror edges closer to home, Operation Hebron reveals the type of operations that international spies conduct daily in Washington D.C. and other world capitals to influence and control the White House, the Congress, and public opinion. Jordan offers an unprecedented glance through a private window on which the shades are usually drawn!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

There's an intriguing premise buried inside this first thriller by an acknowledged former U.S. spy and adviser on terrorism to President Reagan: an Israeli plot to have one of their paid agents elected president of the U.S. Readers will have to dig through layers of stiff writing to get to it, thoughAas in this early moment, when the prime minister of Israel pops a painkiller and washes it down with half a glass of seltzer: "He would need all his wits to launch the most daring covert political action considered by any Israeli government since the nation's foundation." A page later, the harried leader takes his mind away from his many troubles by watching trees swaying in the breeze outside his Jerusalem office: "'A tranquilizing sight befitting the Holy City,' he thought. 'A sight that belies the harsh reality of a land torn by violence.'" Readers who can ignore moments like this on virtually every page will find that the basic plot contains a lot of suspense, as a believably conflicted FBI agent named Brenda Straus has to find out which of the three leading candidates for president is in fact the Israeli agent. Straus's opponents include another well-sketched female character: Jackie Marcovic, a sexy assassin. Of course, the Russians get involved: a Russian president who swills vodka recruits a secret agent named Yuri, who thinks, "Another shadowAthat of the Russian bearAis now about to join the dramatic events building around Operation Hebron." This book has the makings of a good novelAstrong characters, a solid plot and an air of authority about its subjectAand some of the exposition is adequate. But its dialogue? It makes you want to pop a painkiller and swill vodka. (Aug.)
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From the Publisher

Some truths are best told under the guise of fiction!

The implications are immense; the power brokers are scurrying. Who is Hebron - and will he pull off the most audacious mission in the history of espionage? More daring and damning than Watergate and Irangate! It's an election year and political tension and media hype are mounting fast. A foreign power has launched a high-risk covert operation to have its top agent - a prominent U.S. Senator - elected President of the United States. The womanizing American Ambassador to the European Union is found dead in his Brussels mansion. The Iranians and Iraqis are suspected. Heads are going to roll.

Meet Brenda Straus and Jackie Markovic, two of the most determined women you'll ever encounter - one, a whiz-kid Special Agent for the FBI, the other a lethally-seductive, moist-mouthed assassin - as they battle it out in a geo-political chess game that just may change the balance of world power. Written by a former top-level U.S. spy, Operation Hebron takes you from the thickly-upholstered nerve centers of Washington, D.C., the spartan quarters of Jerusalem's brain trust, and a secluded dacha outside of Moscow, to the seedy bars of Brussels and a sun-drenched hide-away in Mallorca.

Across time-zones and secret satellite transmissions author Eric Jordan offers a thrill ride through the corridors of power, and uncovers the most sensitive operations of the FBI, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, (SVR, ex-KGB), and the mythic Israeli Mossad.

As the threat of international terror edges closer to home, Operation Hebron offers an unprecedented glance through a private window on which the shades are usually drawn!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 370 pages
• Publisher: Mosaic Press; 1st edition (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0889627770
• ISBN-13: 978-0889627772
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,549,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Everything for a great read--and THEN some!, May 31, 2000

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Dale Gershwin (Paris France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Operation Hebron: A Spy Novel (Hardcover)

Picking up Operation Hebron is an experience in excitement, intrigue, sex, violence, exotic places, spider-webbed interpersonal relations and international glitz. Be it with his ultra-insider knowledge of Washington or his super-sensitive eye on all that is adventurous and dangerous in the rest of the world, Jordan grabs our attention from the very beginning and does not let it go until we've recommended his page-turner to everyone we know-and THEN some! As an author who just had a book published myself ("Our Lady"), I read Operation Hebron with a more than critical eye, and came out the other end thanking Jordan for thrusting me into a rarified world frequented by a mere handful of privileged initiés, where the women are beautiful and brilliant, the men ominous and imposing, the scenery breathtaking, the intrigue heart-stopping, and the general atmosphere one which leaves you wanting more and more and more from Jordan in the years to come! Thanks, Eric! A great read! Highly recommended!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Since Tom Clancy, November 1, 2000

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Robert Dow (Bavaria, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Operation Hebron: A Spy Novel (Hardcover)

Fast-moving thriller full of suspense - I could not put it down until dawn. In writing a post Cold War spy novel in the best tradition of an earlier Tom Clancy, Jordan has captured the methods and treacheries of International Intelligence Organizations and their agents. His discriptions of settings, cities, ports, airplanes and the offices of high politics are accurate to the last detail. He has been there and captured it for the reader. A MUST read.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A new Ian Fleming, August 15, 2000

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William J. vanden Heuvel (Hyde Park, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Operation Hebron: A Spy Novel (Hardcover)

Eric Jordan--whoever he is--is a master of the Intelligence systems that are in the frontline trenches of international confrontation and competition. He combines experience, skillful writing, brilliant plot creation and wit and sex in a compelling formula for literate readers. What a TV series and/or movie this would make! There are spymasters galore who think they can translate their experiences into exciting books--Eric Jordan should rise to the top with this superb effort.