It hasn't even been published yet, but the first thriller in the "Austin Clay" series by Derek Haas has been optioned for film by Scott Stuber (Safe House, Battleship) and Michael Brandt (Chicago Fire — co-created with Haas, 3:10 to Yuma).
When the left hand of a covert government agency cannot know — indeed, does not want to know — what the right hand is doing, that right hand is Austin Clay.
The Right Hand is the first of a new series by Haas to feature this character, and is scheduled to be published by Mulholland Books on November 13th.
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The Right Hand
Derek Haas
An Austin Clay Thriller (1st in series)
There has always been a need in the spy game for operations outside the realm of legality — covert missions so black no one in the American government, and almost no one in intelligence itself, is aware of their existence. The left hand can't know what the right hand is doing.
Austin Clay is that right hand, executing missions that would be disavowed by his own government were he ever to be compromised. His team consists of only his trusted handler and himself. His missions are among the most important and dangerous in U.S. history.
Clay is sent to track down a missing American operative, a man who was captured outside of Moscow, in the Russian countryside. Soon he discovers the missing officer is only the beginning of the mission, and finds himself protecting a desperate woman who believes a mole has penetrated the top levels of the U.S. government, throwing the international balance of power into jeopardy.
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