Joey Torino is a man who has tired of the busy and dangerous life he has led and has simply
decided to opt out. He is done with all that-the pressures of doing something that someone else
wants him to do the risks of doing things he questions resents or even disagrees with. Andhe
has managed to escape that life quietly without fanfare or animosity and with just enough
income to be able to live in the northern forests of Maine in the secluded modest style he
prefers. And he is happy in his simple life here.But then a message from his past arrives. Pen
Highsmith has another difficult mission for him and although those dangerous episodes in
Russia are long past now Joey's special skills are needed again.Joey faces a difficult
situation involving the Russians a complicated low-key civil conflict ancient suspicions and
animosities and a ruthless relentless enemy hidden in the mountains-in Afghanistan. And the
monumental investments of the Wilde Oil company might be put at risk under certain
circumstances and in some situations. There are clear risks and potential dangers which have
to be dealt with and surmounted in a country in a region which is complicated and
potentially dangerous. So Highsmith reaches out to Joey Torino.
