Killing Che

Written by Chuck Pfarrer

Narrated by William Dufris

A rich, complex historical novel in the spirit of Graham Greene and John Le Carre, Killing Che is a personal and political thriller that pits history's most infamous insurgent against a conflicted and world-weary CIA officer.

The year is 1967; Vietnam is in flames and half a world away few realize that a firefight on a jungle road in Latin America is the beginning of a new and secret war. In the Nancahuazu Valley of Bolivia international revolutionary Che Guevara leads a band of guerillas determined to liberate a continent. Paul Hoyle, a CIA paramilitary officer, joins a team of operatives sent to crush the Bolivian insurgency. When a recovered backpack reveals that Che Guevara is in command of the rebels, the stage is set for a duel between world ideologies.

This powerful, tragic story transports the reader into the heart of the Bolivian jungle and into a world of noble truth and glorious aspirations. Pfarrer writes of love and defeat, loyalty and betrayal, and the tragic death of an ideal.

At the center of the struggle are two complex women who may hold the keys to each man's destiny: Tania, Che's crucial undercover operative and occasional lover who, unbeknownst to him, is a "deep placement" of the KGB; and Maria Agular, mistress of the Bolivian Minister of Information, whom Hoyle dares to trust with both information and his emotions.

Pulsing with action, populated by rich characters, and filled with authoritative and inside details from the author, a counter insurgency expert, Killing Che is a stunning recreation of a conflict that sealed the fate of one of the 20th century's most charismatic and controversial figures.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: May 1, 2007
• ISBN: 9781400173365

Chuck Pfarrer

Chuck Pfarrer is a former assault element commander of SEAL Team Six. He has written op-eds for The New York Times and the Knight Ridder syndicate, and appeared as an author and counterterrorism expert on C-SPAN2, NPR, Alhurra, IPR, Voice of America, Fox News, and America Tonight. Pfarrer is the author of the bestseller Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL. His Hollywood credits include writing and producing work for Navy Seals, Darkman, Hard Target, The Jackal, Virus, and Red Planet. He lives in Michigan.

Reviews for Killing Che

[Marianne Wills · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The writer did a great job BUT he made Che Guevara look and sound like a good guy….which he was not. Guevara murdered so many people. CHe loved and took great pleasure in executing people just because he felt like it. They were never even given a trial, but I suppose they would have been executed anyway so what difference would a trail have made.

[timbazzett · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Frederic Henry, Robert Jordan ... and now - Paul Hoyle. This was simply one helluva good read. Using mostly factual material, Pfarrer spins a yarn better than Harold Robbins did in his peak years in books like "The Carpetbaggers" and "The Adventurers." That's saying something, but it gets better. Not only does he breathe life back into the legendary revolutionary, Che Guevara, but I'm betting the farm that his fictional hero, Paul Hoyle, will one day be mentioned in the same breath with Hemingway's heroes, Robert Jordan and Frederic Henry. Hoyle is made that real, and the ill-fated affair with his own Maria will surely touch the hardest of hearts. Hoyle is a character worth remembering, and perhaps re-visiting. Pfarrer has taken history and turned it into lasting art. Bravo!