The Clandestine Education of Owen Roberts : Incognito Publishing Company : 9798224753871 : 01 Aug 2023 : The Iraq War is a raging storm of blood and violence, the Service is fighting for its survival on and off the battlefield, and an Iranian diplomat in Paris reaches out to a retired spy. Enter Owen Roberts, a young, idealistic spy who joins the Service after 9/11 to make a difference. After a tour in Baghdad, he is assigned to an off-the-books operation that plans to steal the Iranian diplomat from underneath the Agency's nose and bring glory to the Service. During his first year on the street, Owen gets in over his head as he tries to recruit the hard-drinking Iranian lothario and capture a Hezbollah terrorist. It's a tough task for a young officer, where things never work out how they should, and where innocence is always the first thing to go. Owen discovers that the Schoolhouse has taught him how to be a spy, but not about the hard lessons that come afterward. It is the street t