Triple-O Five and company are up against murderous moles, communist madmen, wacky mental health experts, and the hazards of family life. 2014 Revised Edition..Triple-O Five and company are finding that the worst enemies a spy can have might be in his own government, even his own agency. His best help, on the other hand, might come from feral street boys in Paris, football players who are tired of being gushed over, and a doctor who has been kicked out of medical practice for offending the PC police. Meanwhile, Durand must also contend with the hazards of fatherhood, not least of which is a daughter who is drawing suitors left and right, including one of his young colleagues who, alas, is a sniper. Not to mention not Catholic. Other than that, he seems to be a nice kid. For a daughter thief. Are we having fun yet? 2014 Revised Edition.

Out West during the reign of Greenley the Third, Renzo, a government biologist specializing in bird counts, isn't aiming to run afoul of the ruthless government he's dutifully serving - but life has a way of taking strange turns, as he's about to find out.Out west in Northam during the reign of Greenley the Third, Renzo's primary job is to count birds. He has no idea that his post was originally set up to protect the bridge down the hill from his cabin. He also has no idea how to deal with the cattle herder who lives across the Snake River from him. Her name is Julia, and she is about to make his life very complicated.Meanwhile, one of the helicopter pilots who brings in supplies has been targeted for death, simply because his co-pilot is hankering to be among the first in this part of the world to get a pilot declared an experson, now that the longterm taboo on depersoning pilots has been lifted. The targeted man is hoping to go underground instead - really underground, into tunnels that house a largely-unknown civilization that's been dodging the topside tyranny for decades.There's a smallish problem. The rising Subterran generations aren't content to stay in the tunnels left to them by their ancestors. They want their land and their bridge back, and - most of all - they want freedom.