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The Orpheus Deception | 
| Author: David Stone
Publisher: Putnam Adult
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Sales Rank: 22367
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 462
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.6
ISBN: 0399154639
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399154638
ASIN: 0399154639
Publication Date: March 27, 2008
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CIA cleaner Micah Dalton returns for another go-round of international espionage, government cover-ups, and high-intensity pursuit that has cemented this series in the best of spy fiction.
The Orpheus Deception opens with a breathtaking assassination attempt on the rainy streets of Venice that sets CIA agent Micah Dalton on a collision course with a vengeful Serbian warlord. Picking up where The Echelon Vendetta left off-with Dalton on the run from the CIA-this "Venetian incident" with the Serbian attackers ultimately leads to a tangled web of conspiracies. Dalton tries to uncover the links between an act of brutal piracy in the South China Sea, a missing CIA agent, and the real nature of an elusive hospital ship known only as The Orpheus. As he seeks to unlock the shattering secret that binds such deceptions together, Dalton is once again ensnared in an international chase that takes him from Venice to Bangkok to Washington, D.C., and finally to a violent confrontation with Serbian terrorists in the Port of Chicago.
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 Never a dull moment July 17, 2008
Precious little is known about author David Stone (a pseudonym) other than that he has engaged in a series of honorable careers, fighting the good fight on behalf of the United States in the military --- with federal intelligence agencies and state-level law enforcement agencies here and abroad --- and comes from an esteemed line of gentlemen who have done the same. One gets the feeling that he has been one of those individuals of whom George Orwell so famously spoke: the rough men who stand ready in the night to do violence against those who would harm decent people who sleep peacefully in their beds. Stone's protagonist, CIA cleaner Micah Dalton, is one of those rough men as well, an old-school agent who runs strongly counter to the perfumed princes who attempt to rein him in.
THE ORPHEUS DECEPTION begins with Dalton on the run, being pursued by his erstwhile employer for his actions at the close of THE ECHELON VENDETTA. For a cleaner, Dalton more often than not leaves behind an even bigger mess. What infuriates his bosses is that he is usually right. It doesn't help his cause though that he insists he is being haunted by the ghost of Porter Naumann, his friend and fellow CIA agent whose brutal death began, and ended, the series of events taking place in THE ECHELON VENDETTA.
Naumann may really be a spirit, or he may be the unfortunate psychological manifestation of an hallucinogenic by-product that Dalton involuntarily ingested. In any event, he is there in Dalton's perception, dispensing advice, even as THE ORPHEUS DECEPTION begins with an almost-successful assassination attempt upon Dalton performed at the behest of Branco Gospic, a Serbian warlord. Gospic is exercising a vendetta of a personal and professional nature against Dalton, and Dalton is determined to respond in kind, even as he is relentlessly pursued by his former employer. However, Dalton is given what is in effect a "get out of jail free" card when a seemingly unrelated event begins to unfold in the Java Sea, where a freighter, the Mingo Dubai, is hijacked and its crew, save two --- a shipsmate and a quisling --- is murdered.
The Mingo Dubai disappears, and the shipmate, a drunken Englishman named Brendan Fitch, is found, cast adrift. Fitch's tale of sea piracy is discounted, and he is blamed for its disappearance due to dereliction of duty. It is quickly discovered, however, that Fitch is Raymond Fyke, a former CIA agent who had disappeared several years before. The CIA wants Fitch back and offers Dalton, who had previously worked with Fitch, the chance to redeem himself by springing Fitch from a Singapore prison with a brutal reputation. Dalton, of course, is reticent to trust his erstwhile boss, not only with his own life, but also with that of Fyke, whose return is desired by the CIA for the purposes of plugging what they regard as a leak.
Fyke, though, has knowledge of more immediate import. He knows that the Mingo Dubai was hijacked, but to what purpose? As Fyke and Dalton slowly come to realize what it is to be used for, and at whose behest, the agents become involved in a race against time to thwart a plot aimed at America's heartland. And meanwhile, Gospic is still pursuing Dalton for yet another reason.
There is never a dull moment in THE ORPHEUS DECEPTION. The plot will make every hair on your body stand on end, and the characters --- from Gospic to Dalton to a minor character running a dry cleaner in a third world hellhole --- are fascinating, particularly the women. Push this book and its predecessor to the top of your "must read" list.
--- Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub
 Thhe Orpheus Deception May 18, 2008
there are times when you have a hard time keeping up but overall it is a good book, worth reading.
"A Diplomatic Crocodile...who knew" April 9, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I listened to this book on CD and was struck by how different readers can really set the tone for a character and a book. Erik Davies did a good job with this novel; however the reader of "The Echelon Vendetta", Firdous Bamji is the true voice of Micah Dalton in my opinion.
David Stone shows another side to a complex character masterfully and I look forward to more about Micah Dalton. There is humor and very poignant moments in this novel that for those who have never served their country might not get. For those that have and do, you will appreciate the nuances of this novel and have a whole new appreciation for the predatory nature of your comrades past and present.
If you are looking for another great author to fill in the time it will take for another Micah Dalton thriller to be released you will take great pleasure in Daniel Silva's novels about an Israeli spy Gabriel Allon!
Good Adventure Story! April 6, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This new book picks up with Micah Dalton the CIA cleaner as the central
character. Dalton is now living in Venice on the run from the CIA. An
assassination attempt is made on him during a marathon race in Venice.He
is nearly killed. The perpetrators are found to be a blonde woman who is posing as a runner in the marathon. She has been sent after Dalton by a
Serbian warlord named Branco Gospic. A piracy act is done on the ship
Mingo Dubai. The boat is captured by the pirates to be used later. Then
he is sent to rescue a CIA agent,Ray Fyke who is imprisoned in Changi Prison in Singapore. He is joined by another CIA agent named Mandy Pownall. There is also a mysterious ship named Orpheus. All of these combine to create a giant conspiracy. There is a final showdown with Serbian thugs in the Port of Chicago. This is a good action book that will make for good reading.
superb action thriller April 2, 2008
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
CIA cleaner Micah Dalton is still recuperating from his escapades especially the drugs he was forced to take (see THE ECHELON VENDETTA) as he continues to chat with the ghost of former peer Porter Naumann. Whereas the spirit keeps warning Micah to be cautiouns as all hell is about to break loose, Micah and his girlfriend Cora Vasari attend Naumann's funeral in Tuscany.
However, in reality, Dalton is hallucinating as he bleeds in a Venusian hospital after a female marathon runner stabbed him with a piece of glass. Serbian mob kingpin Branco Gospic had called for the hit after Dalton interfered with his operations making him look weak when he beat up two thugs. The Gospic gang also has hijacked a tanker off Indonesia killing the crew and murdered everyone who attended a party hosted by a rival. Meanwhile, Dalton receiving his next assignment, leaves the hospital, stops for some action with Cora, and accompanied by British agent Mandy Pownall goes into the field to rescue the only survivor of the tanker murders, rogue Special Air Service agent Ray Fyke, who is a guest resident of Changi Prison in Singapore.
This is a superb action thriller in which the reader needs to ignore their plausibility metric meter and instead put on their seat belt and helmet to join Dalton on his wild international caper. The story line is fast-paced from the onset even when the hero lies in a hospital bed and never slows down as blood flows except for sexual interludes. Fans who enjoy over the top thrillers will appreciate Dalton's second globalization adventure, an exciting tale impossible to put down.
Harriet Klausner
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