gritty spy novels

Spy-x-War Showdown

The best way to declare war on a spy as an ordinary person is to become a spy as well. As a spy, if you want to go to war with a powerful espionage organization, join an equally powerful espionage organization. If you are unable to join any powerful espionage organization, then establish your own espionage organization and fight until destruction or victory. This is the war of spies, telling the story of how a group of ordinary people achieved extraordinary success.

Just Like Water · War

Hayle Coven Novels

I’m an international, multiple award-winning author with a passion for the voices in my head. As a singer, songwriter, independent filmmaker and improv teacher and performer, my life has always been about creating and sharing what I create with others. Now that my dream to write for a living is a reality, with over a hundred titles in happy publication and no end in sight, I live in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my giant cats, pug overlord and overlady and my Gypsy Vanner gelding, Fynn. ***WORLD'S BEST STORY2014*** Her mom's a witch. Her dad's a demon. And she just wants to be ordinary. I batted at the curl of smoke drifting off the tip of my candle and tried not to sneeze. My heavy velvet cloak fell in oppressive, suffocating folds in the closed space of the ceremony chamber, the cowl trapping the annoying bits of puff I missed. I hated the way my eyes burned and teared, an almost constant distraction. Not that I didn't welcome the distraction, to be honest. Anything to take my mind from what went on around me. Being part of a demon raising is way less exciting than it sounds. Sydlynn Hayle's teen life couldn't be more complicated. Trying to please her coven is all a fantasy while the adventure of starting over in a new town and fending off a bully cheerleader who hates her are just the beginning of her troubles. What to do when delicious football hero Brad Peters--boyfriend of her cheer nemesis--shows interest? If only the darkly yummy witch, Quaid Moromond, didn't make it so difficult for her to focus on fitting in with the normal kids despite her paranormal, witchcraft laced home life. Add to that her crazy grandmother's constant escapes driving her family to the brink and Syd's between a rock and a coven site. Forced to take on power she doesn't want to protect a coven who blames her for everything, only she can save her family's magic. If her family's distrust doesn't destroy her first.

Patti Larsen · Urban

The Dark Novels

In a world where the chosen one has defeated the demon lord and brought peace to the realm, now 500 years have passed since the demon's defeat. Aetheria, the world, appears peaceful, but is it truly so?

Q_Tip · Fantasy

I Spy Two Haters/Lovers

Journee, an NYPD officer and Archer, an FBI agent are after a common mafia boss, but they don’t know it. They cross each other’s path at every corner and involuntarily destroy each other chances to make a case against him. Each unknowingly keeps sabotaging the other. If they get a chance, they will kill each other. Finally, they decide to work together to put him behind bars and… fall in love.

DaoistxYTRJ0 · Urban

Spy Mage System

Connor was just an average guy... until he suddenly discovered the power of magic. He was thrown into a system of secret organizations. Spies that held special powers, tasked with protecting the world from evil corporations with plans to dominate the world. With each mission, Connor faces the dangers of death, ruin, and betrayal. He must learn to trust his fellow spy mages while constantly watching his back for double-crossers. But as he gets deeper into the world of magic and espionage, he realizes that the stakes are higher than he ever imagined and he must use every ounce of his abilities and cunning to prevent the corporations from destroying everything he holds dear. As the danger intensifies and the lines between friend and foe blur, he begins to question whether he can truly trust anyone.

GMSJakers · Fantasy

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