The Star Ruby Contract
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With trouble brewing in Burma, it's time to call in the agent of last resort, in this thriller by "the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction" (Larry McMurtry, The New York Times). In Washington, they call him the Nullifier—the man to hire when every diplomatic option has failed. Joe Gall is now on his way to Burma, where the government is at its wits' end trying to expel a nationalist Chinese general and his army. And if he needs backup, he has the ability to call in firepower from the famed Gurhka regiment, in this action-adventure thriller from the Edgar Award–nominated author. "I admire Philip Atlee's writing tremendously." —Raymond Chandler
Philip Atlee
Philip Atlee (1915–1991) was the creator of the long-running Joe Gall Mysteries, which is comprised of twenty-two novels published in the 1960s and 70s. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Atlee wrote several novels and screenplays—including Thunder Road starring Robert Mitchum, and Big Jim McLain starring John Wayne—before producing the series for which he is known. An avid flyer, he was a member of the Flying Tigers before World War II and joined the Marines after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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