Mike Bond ASSASSINS
- Vanessa Bettencourt
- 7 hours ago
- 3 min read
Rather than centering on a single operation, Assassins by Mike Bond unfolds as a chain of cause and consequence. The novel traces how intelligence work accumulates over time, shaping not only global outcomes but also the private lives of those tasked with carrying it out.
Jack’s work as a CIA operative places him at the center of covert missions tied to global conflict and counterterrorism. Early assignments create personal loyalties that complicate later operations driven by political urgency and fear.
As the years pass, Jack is forced to confront the unintended outcomes of intelligence strategies once considered necessary. His relationship with Sophie Dassault highlights the human stakes amid persistent instability. Assassins follows a man navigating secrecy, responsibility, and regret across decades where no decision is ever finished.
Mike Bond is the author of nearly a dozen bestselling novels and an ecologist, war and human rights journalist, award-winning poet, and international energy expert. His work spans more than thirty countries across seven continents, often drawn from firsthand experiences in remote, dangerous, and war-torn regions. His novels are praised worldwide for their intricate plots, vivid settings, and explosive pacing. His reporting has covered wars, revolutions, terrorism, and major environmental crises. Learn more at his website.
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Assassins
Synopsis:
From its gripping opening in the night skies over Afghanistan to its powerful conclusion amid the Paris terror attacks, Assassins traces three decades of conflict between the West and militant extremism through the intersecting lives of a U.S. commando, a French doctor, a Russian major, a British journalist, a CIA operative, an Afghani woman, and a Taliban warlord. Moving through Afghanistan’s mountains, Iraq’s war-scarred cities, and the covert networks of global terrorism, the novel delivers an unflinching look at survival, loyalty, and the geopolitical decisions that shaped events from 9/11 to the rise of ISIS—resulting in a sweeping, high-stakes thriller grounded in real-world history.
About the Author:
Mike Bond—ecologist, war and human rights journalist, award-winning poet, and international energy expert—is the author of nearly a dozen bestselling novels praised worldwide for their explosive pace, vivid settings, and moral depth. Having lived and worked in over thirty countries across seven continents, he has covered wars, revolutions, terrorism, and environmental crises from the Middle East to Africa. Drawing on firsthand experience in some of the world’s most perilous places, Bond’s work explores the extremes of human nature, the brutality and beauty of survival, and the vanishing wild places that define our planet.
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How did you research your book?
I don’t research my books, but write from my own memory of events.
Where do you get your ideas?
From my own past experiences, or from issues that concern me, like the danger of nuclear war. Or wars I have been in and I wish to expose how they happened, and who is responsible for all the deaths, sorrow, and destruction.
What helps you overcome writer’s block?
Never had it. Too many things to write about.
What’s your favorite compliment you’ve received as a writer?
Among many other critical praises, when BBC called me “The master of the existentialist thriller.”
Do you write every day? What’s your schedule?
I write when I want to.
Which author(s) most inspired you?
Hemingway – the greatest American writer of the 20th century. And Tolstoy, Gogol, Zola, Aristotle, Cicero, and many others.
What’s your go-to comfort food?
For writing -- Gin or vodka.
If you could time-travel, where would you go?
Somewhere in our Paleolithic past, or among the Cheyenne or Sioux before the coming of Europeans.
What 3 books would you bring to a desert island?
If I were on a desert island I would be happy there and wouldn’t bother with books.