The Rogue Agent (The Agent Series)

But when a long-hidden specter from his troubled past emerges, Tom is shaken out of his safe, furtive life. Former covert ops agent Tom Sexton is living quietly in rural Vermont. With no choice but to lock and load, Tom falls back into a world where valor and violence collide…and his isn’t the only life in danger.Summoned into the ranks of top-secret intelligence, Tom is tasked with protecting a teenage girl targeted by agents of an infamous mercenary. Even himself.Surrounded by enemies he can’t see and allies he can no longer trust, Tom will have to face alone the fatal fury of a madman—if only to save the woman he left behind.. It’s a high-risk mission that will pit all his combat and espionage skills against ruthless paramilitary hit squads. Running a diner with his girlfriend, Stella, he thinks that the worst he’s seen, done, and suffered is finally behind him. Leading them is a legendary and mysterious killer for hire who’s making Tom doubt everything, and everyone, he has come to believe in

About the AuthorDaniel Judson is the Shamus Award–winning (and four-time finalist) author of The Temporary Agent, his first novel in The Agent Series, as well as Avenged, The Poisoned Rose, The Bone Orchard, The Gin Palace, The Darkest Place, The Betrayer, The Water’s Edge, The Violet Hour, and Voyeur. Judson’s immersive research method lends his work a distinctive authenticity and has fostered an ever-expanding, eclectic skill set that includes Vipassana meditation, Filipino knife-fighting, and urban-evasion techniques. A Son of the American Revolution, fo

K. Counihan said Quick fast paced read, cover to cover. Quick fast paced read. I read cover to cover.Still , like the 1st book Temporary Agent, could use some editing. The players are mostly the same, the setting is moved to Vermont. Where Tom and Stella are hiding out from the bad guys from the previous book. If you liked the Bourne type books, you might like this one.. Bookreporter said Judson does a terrific job of keeping the reader guessing as to who the snake might be right up until near the end. This is not your typical thriller by any means. One would not expect it to be. Over the course of the past decade or so, author Daniel Judson has proven that he can write just about anything, and do it quite well. He turned his hand to something of a hybrid espionage-adventure novel in THE TEMPORARY AGENT less than a year ago, and this fine sequel is even better.The “agent” of both titles, if you will, is a gentleman named Tom Sexton. . "If you like action books that actually have a compelling story line" according to Amazon Customer. If you like action books that actually have a compelling story line, then this book is for you. Judson allows his reader to peer into the mind of his central character. In my opinion, this is something few action/adventure writers bother to do. Judson clearly is allowing for another novel in this series, and I, for one, am looking forward to it.

A Son of the American Revolution, former grave digger, and self-described onetime drifter, Judson currently lives in Connecticut with his fiancée and their rescued cats.. Judson’s immersive research method lends his work a distinctive authenticity and has fostered an ever-expanding, eclectic skill set that includes Vipassana meditation, Filipino knife-fighting, and urba