Stephen Hunter

Julian Raines was one of the first Englishmen to volunteer for the international brigade in Spain. However, the British Secret Service suspects that he was recruited for the KGB by the Bolsheviks. They send Robert FLorry, a struggling young writer, to Spain with orders to eliminate him. But the British are not alone. The ruthless communist leader in Barcelona believes that the identity of the double agent conceals a powerful and profitable secret....

Bob Lee Swagger is a master marksman who has retreated from his duty as an off-the-books hired gun for the military. He has become disillusioned with his government, but finds that the government needs Swagger to scope out the location of a rumored attempt on the life of the president. A shadowy government operative begs Swagger to use his sniper's skills to out-fox the assassin. Ultimately he is double-crosses and framed for the attempted assassination....