The Depths of the Sea
It's 1979 and Morgan O'Reilly, a dispirited CIA desk officer, is desperately trying to bury his memories. Sent to Cambodia as a Marine and then as a CIA operative during the Vietnam War, he had been given the unlikely task of pulling together a secret spy unit of orphaned street children. At the end of the war, he was only able to get one child out of the country, his surrogate son, Sophal. Years later, Sophal, now a CIA agent, disappears on a secret mission in the Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand. Tom Dillon, the dashing young superstar of the White House foreign policy staff, asks O'Reilly to find Sophal and bring him home. O'Reilly's search takes him deeper and deeper into the politics of the Thai-Cambodian border and finally into the deadly Khmer Rouge zone - a place where all foreigners are forbidden from entering and where cruelty and death are omnipresent. Filled with the fascinating workings of the refugee camps, the life or death politics of Washington, DC, and the inner workings of the personalities that are drawn to such extreme circumstances, The Depths of the Sea is a thriller that both entertains and educates.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:031232202X
ISBN13:9780312322021
Release Date:May 2004
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Length:243 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.6" x 8.1"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Action packed
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
What a great and surprising book. It flies by like a thriller, yet it's incredibly literary and filled with great insights into the human condition and life in refugee camps. I can't imagine why this hasn't been made into a movie yet.
a great read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
I couldn't put this book down. The action was so fast-paced that I didn't realize how much I was learning until I'd put the book down for a day and realized how much I'd entered a new and fascinating world.
Ingemar's Aunt
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Ingemar from Toronto is totally correct. She is an insightful lady. Simply stated, this book is a master work of fiction. Like she did, I highly recommend it!
An incredible, fascinating thriller
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
I was amazed by this book. It's not only a suspenceful thriller, but it's also beautifully written, with fascinating characters, and I learned a lot about the chellenges of the Thai-Cambodian border. This is a book that really changed the way I see the world - a real gem.
Interesting read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
My taste usually runs to literary rather than genre fiction, but The Depths of the Sea held my interest and attention. A complete dearth of knowledge regarding the history of the area and era won't impact your enjoyment of it (at least it didn't for me).
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