“Eagle Eye, this is Nomad. I have hostile pursuit. Request immediate dust-off.”

“You shouldn’t be here,” whispered a voice from the shadows. It was Marcos, a disgraced former intelligence officer turned informant. “They’re watching all digital lines. Even your secure VPN isn’t safe.”

A CIA analyst uncovers a black-market operation using stolen Venezuelan oil money to fund a coup in a fragile South American nation—only to realize the mastermind is closer to home than he ever imagined. Story:

Static. Then a cold voice replied: “Nomad, your authorization is revoked. Turn yourself in to the nearest military attaché.”

The realization hit Jack like a cold wave. Wickham wasn’t just stealing money. He was funding a parallel government: a coup designed to install a pro-Western puppet in exchange for drilling rights. And the U.S. had unknowingly given him diplomatic cover through a State Department energy initiative.