Book cover for Sympathy for the Devil: A Modern Espionage Thriller by Terrence McCauley

Sympathy for the Devil

A Modern Espionage Thriller

2021 Released
332 Pages
5-6 Hours
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Rough Edges PressISBN 9781685490133

Old war. New enemies. The devil has arrived.


The University has been a clandestine organization since the days of the OSS. The University and its agents have always lived in the shadows, using its vast intelligence resources to help defeat the Nazis, end the Cold War and strike back at terrorists all over the globe. They have been at the forefront of global espionage for decades. Entrusted with running The University, James Hicks is one of the most powerful-and secretive-men alive.


But when Hicks' brilliant protege is turned by a terrorist group that has alarmingly already begun operating on U.S. soil, Hicks finds himself in a race against time to find out just how the agent was turned and why. He must use The University's covert global network to uncover a deadly biological plot that threatens to unleash a new era of chaos and anarchy-not only against the United States, but the entire western world.


"Hard to put down...the storyline succeeds in large part because of the gritty and stylish narrative, the virtually nonstop action...those looking for some top-shelf adrenaline-fueled escapism will be rewarded." - Publishers Weekly

Terrence McCauley

Terrence P. McCauley is an award-winning writer of crime fiction, thrillers, historical fiction and Westerns. His Western fiction debut, Where the Bullets Fly, received a Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award and was named Best New Western Paperback of the Year by True West magazine. His short stories have been featured in Thuglit, Spinetingler Magazine, Shotgun Honey, Big Pulp, and other publications. A Spur Award and ITW Award nominee, he is a recipient of the Silver Medal for Historical Fiction from the Military Writers Society of America. He is a member of the New York City chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, the International Crime Writers Association, and the Montana Historical Society. A proud native of the Bronx, New York, he can be found online on Facebook, Twitter or at TerrencePMcCauley.com.  

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