Eye of the Archangel (2007) by Forrest DeVoe, Jr.
I have long been a fan of all things espionage-related, but especially the various book series that flourished in the wake of the popularity of the Bond movies in the 60s. I’m not talking A-listers like Matt Helm , Quiller , Modesty Blaise , or Sam Durrel l here. I’m talking about the books that sincerely aspired to be also-rans, decent copies of the original that could be churned out quickly while the iron was hot to satisfy a marketplace hungry for spy-fi hijinks. They had their cinematic equivalents in the realm of cinema as well, with countless Euro-spy movies made on minuscule budgets with mostly unknown actors doing their best 007 impersonations. As with all fads, they ran their course and mostly fell out of favor, although the best of them were able to hang around for a while into the 70s and 80s. I say all of this to highlight how unique it was to have someone w...