A Lighter Shade of Night: The Charlemagne Files, #1

By K.A. Bachus

Why don't you kill the guards and let us fight our way out?

 

They grew up together and are distantly related. But can three such different personalities form an effective fighting team? When a car bomb leaves Misha orphaned at nineteen, his life changes its trajectory. The possibilities of a privileged youth fade to a dismal choice between a brutal death or a violent life. He will never know peace and safety again.

 

Misha's distant cousins, Louis and Vasily, are more accustomed to danger. They have the skills for it. But it is not long before they realize that it is Misha who has the judgment necessary to keep all three of them alive.

 

A Lighter Shade of Night is a collection of short stories about the early days of Charlemagne, the premier freelance specialist team used by western governments for black operations conducted without fingerprints. The Cold War stories illuminate the exploits, personalities, strengths, and weaknesses of the three men on the early team as well as their long-time American handler, Frank.

 

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: K.A. Bachus
• Release date: Mar 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9798223640233

K.A. Bachus

K.A. Bachus is acquainted with the world of Cold War secrets. A Chicago-born granddaughter of Lithuanian immigrants who fled Hitler and Stalin, she began adult life during the last year of the Vietnam era by enlisting in the United States Air Force where she typed aircrew intelligence briefings and ran a large claissifed library in a special operations unit. After receiving her commission, she served in England and Japan. As a lawyer, she practiced criminal defense law in Texas before retiring and moving eventually to Maine, USA.

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