Deep State

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‘Deep State’ is a contemporary political thriller in which security specialist, Gabriel Magee, is working for ‘The Centre’, an agency of the Secret Intelligence and Security Community.
Gabriel thinks it will be easy money engaging in the outward bound exercise on the isolated and remote peninsular. His task is to observe and report back on three men, Muir, Hafid and Cooper, prior to their full deployment on ‘The Programme’- a highly classified joint services initiative. One of the three, however, appears to be a dangerous psychopath.
To better understand the men and to fulfil his task of reporting on their suitability for covert operations on ‘The Programme’, Gabriel encourages each to tell his story. What emerge are the horrors of military engagement in Afghanistan, Colombia, Ivory Coast and Uganda and wider themes of hardship, suffering, political betrayal and comradeship. The men, through their stories, appear as distinct personalities for whom Gabriel develops an understanding and empathy. Nevertheless, the threat of violence is omnipresent particularly from Muir, the ex-legionnaire, whose racist rants threaten conflict with the others.
The landscape, the weather and the mundane tasks around their cottage base become a metaphor for Gabriel’s psychological and emotional turmoil as he is drawn into a sinister web of problems, threats, violence and murder beyond his control. Who are his political masters? What is their ‘game plan’? Does Gabriel have the political and military skills to survive?
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