Spies Lie Series by D S Kane
Spies Lie #1
Spies Lie #2
DeathByte
D S Kane
When the plans to a new device that could change the course of world politics forever is stolen, every country goes looking. It’s going to be a free-for-all. When someone breaks into William Wing's Hong Kong apartment and steals the hard drives from his computer, it sets several intelligence services searching for the plans to a new device that could change the course of world politics forever. Wing's worst fears, that he might become hunted for what they think he knows, is the least of the issues at hand for his friend, Jon Sommers. Sommers will have to leave his deep cover assignment to help his friend, and he'll need a team. The Mossad wants what Wing lost, and so do the Americans, the Chinese and the Brits. It's going to be a fight to see who finds the plans first... **Review"Inthe second installment of the Spies Lie thriller series, a covert agent reunites with his allies as intelligence agencies battle over a revolutionary tracking device.
Master hacker William Wing discovers that someone has broken into his Hong Kong apartment and stolen all the secrets on his computer--secrets that belong to clients such as Israel's Mossad intelligence agency. Afraid that he'll be killed as a result of the breach, he reaches out to his friend Jon Sommers, a former Mossad assassin who's now working undercover in a German bank (and having a hot-and-heavy romance with fellow spy Ruth Cohen). The thief is revealed to be Cassandra Sashakovich, an agent with an unnamed American intelligence agency who had been ratted out by a mole, raped by a terrorist and is now running for her life. The data she made off with includes plans for a tiny tracking gadget that allows one to see through the eyes of the person who swallows it; naturally, many people would kill to get their hands on it. Sommers brings together his few trusted allies, including hardened soldier Avram Shimmel, to help Wing and prevent the plans from falling into the wrong hands--but whose hands are the wrong ones? Kane ( Bloodridge , 2014) purports to be a former spy himself, and his extensive knowledge of the ways that the world's governments wage covert war on one another shines through in his incredibly detailed prose. At times, however, these details grow overwhelming and make it hard to keep track of who's spying on whom and why. However, readers who adore action-packed thrillers in the vein of Robert Ludlum's Bourne series will enjoy its many double-crossings. However, some readers should bewarned: There are graphic scenes of torture excruciating enough to possibly make one's stomach turn. Indeed, so many upsetting things happen to the main characters that it may be easy for readers to grow despondent about the state of the world by the time the story reaches its firestorm of a conclusion.
A dizzying spy story for readers with clear minds and steely constitutions." -- Kirkus ReviewsAbout the Author
D. S. Kane worked as a covert operative for over a decade, travelling globally. Now, he’s a former spy, still writing fiction that exposes the way intelligence agencies craft lies to sway and manipulate their national policy, driving countries into dangerous conflicts. Kane can be found at http://dskane.com, @DSKaneThriller, and www.facebook.com/DSKaneAFormerSpyStillTellingLies.
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Spies Lie #3
Swiftshadow
D S Kane
When Cassandra Sashakovich, a bright but arrogant economist and consultant, is in Riyadh completing a financial forecasting assignment, her cover is blown by a mole from her intelligence agency. A covert agent whose call sign is "Swiftshadow," she barely survives an encounter with a hit man and escapes to Washington, where she is fired by her agency for becoming a liability.
Hunted by terrorists who fear she may have hacked details of their pending operation, Cassie must identify the mole and neutralize the terrorists to recover her life. She finds help in the arms of another rogue agent, Lee Ainsley, and learns how to deal with life on the run from a homeless teen, Ann Silbee.
From Riyadh to the halls of power in Washington, from New York's homeless to Hong Kong's center of technology, from the remnants of Silicon Valley to Al Qaeda's Afghanistan, Cassie desperately races against the clock to expose plots by both her own government and the terrorists; an operation that could result in the deaths of millions of Americans. Cassie must come to terms with her own nature, find and use skills she never knew she had.
But even if she survives, will the experience change her into someone worse than those who want her dead? And if she survives is there some way for her to emerge more mature and self-reliant, no longer a naive tool of her country?
**ReviewIn the third installment of Kane's...Spies Lie series, a covert operative-turned-fugitive must use her formidable intellect to figure out who betrayed her to terrorists.... Kane has created a female protagonist who bears a striking resemblance to the girl with the dragon tattoo, Lisbeth Salander, from her extraordinary hacking talents and resourcefulness to her fluid sexuality... "Cassie felt his hand touch her robe, slip inside...to stroke her." ...the high stakes and dizzily paced action will hook genre fans from the first page.-- Kirkus ReviewsAbout the Author
D. S. Kane worked as a covert operative for over a decade, travelling globally. Now, he’s a former spy, still writing fiction that exposes the way intelligence agencies craft lies to sway and manipulate their national policy, driving countries into dangerous conflicts. Kane can be found at http://dskane.com, @DSKaneThriller, and facebook.com/ DSKaneAFormerSpyStillTellingLies.
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Spies Lie #4
GrayNet
D S Kane
A spy quit and blackmailed her way out of the business. Now she finds the leverage needed to keep her alive falling apart… Cassandra Sashakovich quit spying for her country. To do this, she blackmailed the White House to get her boyfriend, Lee Ainsley, released from Gitmo. She also rescued the teenager, Ann Silbee, from homelessness. Now they're safe and so is she. So everything should slowly become normal. But Lee and Ann hate each other. Worse still, all those she broke and mangled on her mad run to survive want revenge. Her life starts to unravel when the brother of murdered terrorists discovers it was Cassandra that killed them. Then the President's secret, the one she promised to keep hidden in exchange for her boyfriend's release, leaks to the press. Her leverage is vaporizing.
It's time to run again… **Review
"In the fourth novel in the Spies Lie series, an array of foes are still out to kill former covert operative Cassandra Sashakovich, despite her efforts to settle down with her boyfriend and adopted daughter.
At the close of the previous installment (Swiftshadow,2014), Cassie had successfully overseen the deaths of the two terrorist brothers who had tried to kill her. However, just because Tariq and Pesi Houmaz are dead does not mean Cassie's problems are over. Her boyfriend, Lee Ainsley, has been sent to Guantanamo Bay under false charges, and while she's able to blackmail the government in order to free him, her actions don't make her any new friends. In fact, the president of the United States himself wants her dead. Despite this threat, Cassie attempts to settle down in suburban Maryland with Lee and adopted daughter Ann Silbee, a homeless teenager she met in the tunnels underneath the streets of New York while on the run. Unfortunately, Lee and Ann clash immediately, both still suffering from traumatic events in their pasts. To top it all off, there is a third Houmaz brother, and he wants revenge for his brothers' deaths. When a call for Cassie's assassination is posted on GrayNet--a website that allows visitors to bet on life and death with potentially huge payouts--thousands of professional killers and desperate amateurs set out to be the one to deliver her head to Houmaz. Author Kane continues to deliver solid thrills chock full of international intrigue and shocking ideas that get the conspiracy wheels turning. The addition of Ann to the sprawling cast heightens the stakes even further. Cassie remains a frequently frustrating protagonist; she's so stubborn and demanding to those she calls friends, it's a wonder she has any. Yet her ingenuity and will to survive against such insane odds will make readers root for her nonetheless.
Nonstop action and suspense starring the definition of a strong female lead." - Kirkus Reviews
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Spies Lie #5
Baksheesh (Bribes)
D S Kane
The fifth book in the intense spy thriller series, Spies Lie, perfect for fans who love Robert Ludlum, Lee Child, and Barry Eisler. A covert operative is ready for a new life outside of international espionage. But her enemies are far from willing to let her go... She spied for her country, blackmailed her president, and ran from more threats than she can remember. But when the love of her life proposes, covert agent Cassandra Sashakovich is finally ready to settle down. Unfortunately, her past is not quite ready to let her walk away. Old enemies--including a vengeful president--want her dead, and they're willing to attack her loved ones, including her adopted teenage daughter, if that's what it takes.
But Cassandra has other pressing problems--a world leader is assassinated and an arm dealer's revenge threatens to lead to nuclear war. Now Cassandra and her security firm, Swiftshadow must defuse the threats and find a way to outmaneuver those who threaten not only her family, but her country as well.
" More wild, violent adventures in the world of international espionage." -Kirkus Reviews
"This story should be an Audible selection... could be a major motion picture." -Charles W, Top 500 Reviewer
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Spies Lie #6
ProxyWar
D S Kane
When you’re an international spy, who said dying was easy? Yigdal-Ben-Levy used to be the Mossad spymaster, but now he’s Israel’s Assistant Foreign Minister in D.C., exiled and long out of the game of spying. Diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer, he’s waiting to die when he stumbles across a Chinese-Russian plot against the United States. Despite opposition from his Prime Minister, Ben-Levy decides to present his suspicions to the UN General Assembly after the President rejects his intel. Unfortunately, the UN is in New York City, nearly 300 miles away; a journey filled with Russian and Chinese assassination teams, cyber-attacks that threaten US communications, and a violent snowstorm that has closed airports and made the roads treacherous. Ben-Levy still has some operatives he can rely upon, but it’s a threadbare team: Jon Sommers, Cassandra Sashakovich, Avram Shimmel, William Wing, and a few others. Not enough to stop the world war that’s about to happen. The risk? Monumental. The cost if they don’t succeed? A Chinese takeover of America’s power grid, followed by a military invasion and a division of US land down the Mississippi. With enemies on all sides and the cancer spreading, it will take everything Ben-Levy and his team of spies has to warn the world of the impending war.
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Spies Lie #7
CypherGhost
D S Kane
She is a CypherGhost: An untraceable hacker, someone who can be anywhere and do anything using a computer. Can an aircraft be hacked? Can a human being be hacked? Don’t be so sure… When Ann Silbey Sashakovich enters Stanford University to study computer forensics, she gets far more than she expected. During the Thanksgiving holiday of her freshman year, she finds that the aircraft she is a passenger on has been hacked. Its engines have stopped and everyone aboard is screaming. When Charlette De Spain’s boyfriend is falsely accused of stealing secrets from the FBI and dies in prison under mysterious circumstance, it changes her life. Once an Art History major, now a budding computer hacker, she gathers the proof that he was innocent. When no one pays attention, she decides to become jury and executioner of all those responsible. But the aircraft carrying one of her primary targets also carries Ann. In an America whose government is silently at war with its hackers, who prevails and who fails isn’t limited to the two young battling women, but might also involve the fate of the entire nation.
**ReviewCypherGhost": A GrippingTechno-thriller By DS Kane
DECEMBER 20, 2016 BY MYSTERY TRIBUNE
After working as a covertoperative for over a decade and travelling the globe, DS Kane now writesfictions about how intelligence agencies craft lies to sway and manipulatetheir national policy. His latest techno-thriller CypherGhost is a fast-paced andgripping story which will keep you up reading the whole night.
A Brief Summary:
She is a CypherGhost: An untraceable hacker, someone whocan be anywhere and do anything using a computer. Can an aircraft be hacked?Can a human being be hacked? Don't be so sure...
When Ann Silbey Sashakovich enters Stanford University tostudy computer forensics, she gets far more than she expected. During theThanksgiving holiday of her freshman year, she finds that the aircraft she is apassenger on has been hacked. Its engines have stopped and everyone aboard isscreaming.
When Charlette De Spain's boyfriend is falsely accused ofstealing secrets from the FBI and dies in prison under mysterious circumstance,it changes her life. Once an Art History major, now a budding computer hacker,she gathers the proof that he was innocent. When no one pays attention, shedecides to become jury and executioner of all those responsible.
But the aircraft carrying one of her primary targets alsocarries Ann.
In an America whose government is silently at war with itshackers, who prevails and who fails isn't limited to the two young battlingwomen, but might also involve the fate of the entire nation.
Our Take:
DS Kane, without a doubt, is a great storyteller. When wepicked up the latest installment of Kane's Spies Lies series, we got hookedfrom the beginning. The author does a wonderful job of fictionalizing thecrossroads of politics, technology and national security in an entertainingplot.
The book is written is a very easy language and can beread in one sitting. Although we can categorize this novel as a thriller, theauthor has toyed to some extent with some science fiction themes which make thestory more absorbing. Overall, a highly recommended read for the lovers ofpopular thrillers.
Our Rating: 3.7 out of 4About the Author
DS Kane worked as a covert operative for over a decade, traveling globally. Now, he’s a former spy, still writing fiction that exposes the way intelligence agencies craft lies to sway and manipulate their national policy, driving countries into dangerous conflicts. Kane can be found at http://dskane.com, @DSKaneThriller, and www.facebook..com/DSKaneAFormerSpyStillTellingLies
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Spies Lie #8
MindField
D S Kane
The eighth book in the gripping technothriller series, Spies Lie, perfect for fans who love Robert Ludlum, Lee Child, and Barry Eisler.
When Stanford University sophomore and budding computer hacker Ann Sashakovich meets senior Glen Sarkov, the CEO of a budding new startup, she is smitten. Glen is young, bright, and going places, and his innovative tech startup is seeking money to get them off the ground. But when Glen and his team find a venture capitalist willing to give them money, the offer turns out too good to be true. Worse, it seems the strings attached to the funding are tangled in a conspiracy deadlier than they can imagine.
Meanwhile, the world's intelligence services have all been looking for a less-obvious way to fund weapons development, reaching out to entrepreneurs to help them create new tech. When they find tech capable of being weaponized, they have the creators murdered before taking control of the company for their own use. Now the lives of hundreds of the world’s brightest entrepreneurs hang in the balance, and Glen Sarkov is next on the list to die. Can Ann, Cassandra Sashakovich, and Jon Sommers figure out who at the CIA is ordering these killings, or will the CIA's contract assassins wipe them off the Earth?
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Spies Lie #9
Brainbender
D S Kane
The ninth book in the gripping technothriller series, Spies Lie, perfect for fans who love Robert Ludlum, Lee Child, and Barry Eisler.
A gifted Stanford hacker. A million-dollar prize. The contest? Create the world’s most advanced sentient AI…
Ann Sashakovich has returned to Stanford to complete her junior year. It’s there she sees the contest: create the world’s most advanced sentient AI. Win a million dollars.
But after running into her cheating ex-boyfriend, and having the intensity of the competition heat up, Ann is left shaken and unsure of her capabilities; or if she’ll be able to win at all. Worse, it seems likely that one of the teams is going to create an unstoppable AI, one without morals, without a conscience, an intelligence that could endanger all of humanity.
When the contest AI’s are hacked, it’ll take Ann and her newly created team of misfit programmers and hackers to stop the hostile hackers before the AI becomes sentient. If they fail, they’ll face an enemy with nearly omniscient power. No one would be safe.
DS Kane’s gripping ninth novel begs the question: just how dangerous could an AI be to the humanity that created it?
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Spies Lie #10
FalseFlags
D S Kane
The tenth and final book in the gripping technothriller series, Spies Lie, is perfect for fans who love Robert Ludlum, Lee Child, and Barry Eisler.
A gifted Stanford hacker marries a spy. The world’s most advanced sentient AI is on the loose, toying with international politics and learning how to run the world.
Ann Sashakovich marries Jon Sommers and they attmpt a honeymoon in London, where Jon grew up. But events in Tel Aviv cause Avram Shimmel, Jon’s friend and Ann’s godfather, to recall Jon to the Mossad and send the honeymooning couple to Islay, Scotland, to pick up the stolen plans to a highly advanced military weapon. It soon seems the couple are in over their heads.
DS Kane’s gripping final Spies Lie novel answers the question: just how likely is it that a rogue AI might try to run all governments?
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