Anonymous male : a life among spies / Christopher Whitcomb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitcomb, Christopher, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.

Intelligence officers.

Private security services--Timor-Leste--History--21st century.

Private security services.

Whitcomb, Christopher, 1959-.

Whitcomb, Christopher.

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Hostage Rescue Team--Officials and employees--Biography.

United States.

APAC Security (Firm).

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

301 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2025]

Summary:

"In September 2001, Christopher Whitcomb was the most visible FBI agent in the world. His best-selling memoir, Cold Zero, had led to novels, articles in GQ, and op-eds in the New York Times. He appeared on Imus in the Morning, Larry King, and Meet the Press; he was nominated for a Peabody reporting for CNBC. He played poker with Brad Pitt while contracting for the CIA. Then one day in 2006, without warning, Whitcomb packed a bag, flew into Somalia and dropped off the face of the earth. For 15 years, he waged a mercenary war on himself, traveling the world with aliases, cash, and guns. He built a private army in the jungles of Timor-Leste, working contracts for intelligence agencies, where he survived a coup d'état only to lose his friends, abandon his family, and give up on God. And though many stories might have ended there, Anonymous Male is a tale of redemption. While surfing the wilds of Indonesia, Whitcomb found himself trapped beneath a giant wave, where, at the edge of drowning, he came to terms with the chaos of his own clandestine life. He survived the wave to find his way home and rebuild the world that he had abandoned"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Whitcomb, Christopher, 1959- Anonymous male

ISBN:

9780593597002

0593597001

OCLC:

1518340469

Publisher Number:

90102357885