{"product_id":"the-bucharest-legacy-the-rise-of-the-oligarchs-9781608096190","title":"The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs","description":"\u003cb\u003eLiterary Titan Award Winner for Political Thriller\u003cbr\u003ePencraft Award Winner for Fiction: Intrigue\u003cbr\u003eGlobal Book Award Finalist for Espionage Thriller\u003cbr\u003eBest Thriller Awards Winner for Spy Thriller\u003cbr\u003eBookFest Award Winner for Fiction - Mystery\/Suspense\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Fiction Award Winner for Political Thriller\u003cbr\u003eReaders' Favorite Book Award Finalist for Fiction - Political Thriller\u003cbr\u003eChanticleer Book Award Finalist for Late Historical Fiction\u003cbr\u003eHollywood Book Festival Runner-Up\u003cbr\u003eIAN Book of the Year Awards Finalist for Mystery\u003cbr\u003eBest Book Award Finalist for Mystery\/Suspense \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCIA agent Bill Hefflin is back in Bucharest-- immersed in a cauldron of spies and crooked politicians\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe CIA is rocked to its core when a KGB defector divulges that there is a KGB mole inside the Agency. They learn that the mole's handler is a KGB agent known as Boris. CIA analyst Bill Hefflin recognizes that name-- Boris is the code name of Hefflin's longtime KGB asset. If the defector is correct, Hefflin realizes Boris must be a triple agent, and his supposed mole has been passing false intel to Hefflin and the CIA. What's more, this makes Hefflin the prime suspect as the KGB mole inside the Agency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHefflin is given a chance to prove his innocence by returning to his city of birth, Bucharest, Romania, to find Boris and track down the identity of the mole. It's been three years since the bloody revolution, and what he finds is a cauldron of spies, crooked politicians, and a country controlled by the underground and the new oligarchs, all of whom want to find Boris. But Hefflin has a secret that no one else knows-- Boris has been dead for over a year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of John le Carré and Brad Thor\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the novels in the Bill Hefflin Spy Thriller Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bucharest Dossier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bucharest Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Bucharest, Romania, \u003cb\u003eWilliam Maz\u003c\/b\u003e emigrated to the U.S. as a child. He is a graduate of Harvard University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Following a residency in anesthesiology at Yale, he practiced medicine, and during that time, he developed a passion for writing fiction. He studied writing at Harvard, The New School, and The Writer's Studio in New York City, and he is now writing full time. Maz divides his time between Pennsylvania and New York City. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bucharest Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is his latest novel and the sequel to \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bucharest Dossier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oceanview Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50919283065106,"sku":"9781608096190","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8169b3ab-8e21-4e0e-8f85-0cae2ad6bc61.jpg?v=1747814299","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bucharest-legacy-the-rise-of-the-oligarchs-9781608096190","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}