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03238aam a2200373 i 4500 001 7AD0793AB3B011EB9B554DBF32ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210513010011 008 200731s2021 lu 000 1 spa d 020 $a 9782496705508 020 $a 2496705506 035 $a (OCoLC)1178896421 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d KCK $d BDX $d OCLCF $d IOU $d SILO 041 1 $a spa $h eng 043 $a e-ru--- 082 04 $a 813.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Dugoni, Robert, $e author. 240 14 $a The eighth sister. $l Spanish 245 13 $a La octava hermana / $c Robert Dugoni ; traduccioÌn de David LeoÌn. 264 1 $a Luxembourg : $b Amazon Crossing, $c 2021. 300 $a 477 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a Charles Jenkins, antiguo agente de operaciones de la CIA, se encuentra en una encrucijada. A sus sesenta anÌos recieÌn cumplidos, tiene una familia a la que cuidar, un bebeÌ en camino... y una empresa de asesoriÌa especializada en seguridad al borde de la quiebra. Un diÌa se presenta en su casa su antiguo jefe con un encargo peligroso: viajar encubiertamente a MoscuÌ y localizar a la agente rusa que, seguÌn sospechan, estaÌ aniquilando a los integrantes de una ceÌlula de espionaje estadounidense conocida como Las Siete Hermanas. La necesidad lo lleva a aceptar la misioÌn y cruzar el OceÌano. Pero cuando localiza al cerebro que se esconde tras los asesinatos descubre que ni esa "Octava Hermana" ni el resto de la ceÌlula son quienes se suponiÌa que eran. Con la amenaza del espionaje ruso en los talones, Jenkins idea entonces un temerario plan de fuga a traveÌs del mar Negro. Pronto se daraÌ cuenta, sin embargo, de que la agencia para la que opera lo ha abandonado. TendraÌ que pelear solo por su vida... enfrentaÌndose a su propia nacioÌn. 520 $a Charles Jenkins, a former CIA operations agent, finds himself at a crossroads. In his late sixties, he has a family to care for, a baby on the way... and a security consulting firm on the brink of bankruptcy. One day, his former boss shows up at his house with a dangerous assignment: to travel covertly to Moscow and locate the Russian agent who, they suspect, is annihilating the members of an American spy cell known as The Seven Sisters The need leads him to accept the mission and cross the Ocean. But when he locates the brain behind the murders he discovers that neither that "Eighth Sister" nor the rest of the cell are who they were supposed to be. With the threat of Russian espionage on his heels, Jenkins then devises a reckless escape plan across the Black Sea. He will soon realize, however, that the agency he operates for has abandoned him. He will have to fight just for his life... facing his own nation. 546 $a Text in Spanish, translated from the English. 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $x Officials and employees $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Undercover operations $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Assassins $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Moscow (Russia) $v Fiction. 650 4 $a Spanish language materials. 700 1 $a LeoÌn, David, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210513010043.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7AD0793AB3B011EB9B554DBF32ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search