{"product_id":"killing-che-a-novel-9781400063932","title":"Killing Che: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eChuck Pfarrers acclaimed Warrior Soul has been called one of the finest memoirs of modern Special Operations Forces. Now the decorated Navy SEAL makes his dazzling fiction debut with this gutsy  riveting thriller about the action-packed hunt for historys most infamous rebel insurgent: Che Guevara.  The year is 1967. Paul Hoyle  a CIA paramilitary officer  has resigned from the agency an incident in Laos that left one man dead and Hoyles face scarred by gunshot. But Hoyle is soon drawn back into the agencys fold  finding himself a fallen angel  an independent contractor the U.S. secretly sends to global hot spots.  Bolivia  the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere  is a nation ripe for Communist infiltration and revolution. So the stage is set for a duel between world ideologies  with players from Washington to Moscow to Havana. After a Bolivian army unit is disastrously ambushed  Hoyle is dispatched to South America by a CIA concerned that another Vietnam may be in the works. With Cuban-sponsored guerrillas afoot and a corrupt Bolivian military opposing them  Hoyle finds the jungle a treacherous place where honor and morality are surrendered to the basic business of survival.  Though Che Guevara  the charismatic revolutionary who helped Castro take hold in Cuba  is believed to have been killed in the Congoor executed by Fidel himselfa rucksack recovered after a deadly gunfight suggests that the Marxist rebel may be heading up this new  highly effective insurgency.  World-weary Hoyle draws ever nearer to the passionate revolutionary  as a struggle between worldviews is fought with automatic weapons in steamy jungles  veiled threats in government offices  and even exchanged secrets in hotel bedroomsfor at the center of this intense cat-and-mouse game are two captivating women who may hold the keys to these mens destinies. Tania Vnke is Guevaras crucial undercover operative and occasional lover  a conflicted woman with secrets entrusted to her by Guevara himself. And beautiful Maria Agular is the elegant mistress of the Bolivian minister of information  a tormented soul whom Hoyle dares to trust with both information and his heart.  Terrorism expert Chuck Pfarrer packs this electrifying plot with insider knowledge of intelligence tradecraft. Populated with powerfully drawn characters  Killing Che is a stunning re-creation of a conflict that sealed the fate of one of the twentieth centurys most controversial and complex political figuresa man whose renown continues to grow decades after his violent end.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647589703733,"sku":"ByrdShop_1400063930","price":28.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781400063932.jpg?v=1781694585","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/killing-che-a-novel-9781400063932","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}