Getting your hands on a fast-paced espionage thriller is always a plus, and Jeffrey S. Stephens has delivered just that in his new book, “The Handler.” Set in a post-Afghanistan-withdrawal-debacle world, Stephens has created a new hero in Nicholas Reagan, a CIA agent who faces off against several recognizable enemies of Chinese communist and Islamic extremists, along with Putin’s Russia in the far background.
Stephens’s pacing throughout the book keeps the pages turning as the reader jumps from one suspenseful scenario to another. The premise of the book is Reagan’s and his CIA counterparts’ attempt to stop a multi-pronged intercontinental terrorist attack by Islamic extremists that are all orchestrated by one man known as The Handler.
