Cool Gray Dawn

Here is Cool Gray Dawn, an espionage series I have created about the Central Intelligence Agency. With a focus on the early days of the Cold War, Cool Gray Dawn features the exploits of CIA’s Domestic Operations Division and their Special Operations Team, nicknamed “mandarins.”  The first season focuses on the years 1959 and 1960, while Season Two begins with John F. Kennedy’s victory over Richard Nixon. Season Three starts with the first signs of an event that would bring the superpowers to the brink of nuclear war. Seasons Four and Five follow the events resulting in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

As the Cold War pit the rival superpowers of the East against the West, bringing the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation, CIA’s Domestic Operations Division not only found itself embroiled in deadly battles with the KGB, but also with its NATO allies, the FBI and other U.S. government agencies—as well as divisions within CIA itself.

Each episode, based in the context of historical fact, features Warren Latham, spymaster and head of Domestic Operations. An American version of John le Carré’s George Smiley at MI6, Latham displays the guile and genius, intelligence and wit, ruthlessness and charm that formed the free world’s last line of defense.

Each title is a hyperlink to an episode in PDF format. I hope you enjoy them all.

Season One:

Episode #1: The First Casualty

Episode #2: A Finesse Strategy

Episode #3: Marginal Value

Episode #4: Loyalty

Episode #5: Little Dove

Episode #6: A Passive Provocation

Episode #7: Everybody Wins

Episode #8: Training Purposes

Episode #9: The Devil Is In The Details

Episode #10: The KUBARK Way

Episode #11: The Canard

Episode #12: Raising The Bar

Episode #13: Something’s Wrong Here

Episode #14: The Last Refuge

Episode #15: Control

 

Season Two:

Episode #1: Fly By Night

Episode #2: Hostage

Episode #3: Home

Episode #4: A Nation of Ghosts

Episode #5: The 11th Hour

Episode #6: Country or Death

Episode #7: A Perfect Failure

Episode #8: The Seventh Circle

Episode #9: Ten Minutes

Episode #10: Reasoned Action

Episode #11: Blue on Bleu

Episode #12: No Sympathy, Part 1

Episode #13: No Sympathy, Part 2

Episode #14: The Ruling Class

Episode #15: Early Departure, Part 1

Episode #16: Early Departure, Part 2

 

Season Three:

Episode #1: The Document

Episode #2: Heads Of State

Episode #3: From Berlin to Paris

Episode #4: The Farthest Reach

Episode #5: Very Nasty Things

Episode #6: A Long History

Episode #7: Prelude To The Death Of A Fawn

Episode #8: Closet Catholics

Episode #9: A Job To Do

Episode #10: In Defense of Gov’t

Episode #11: The Games We Play

Episode #12: Perspective

Episode #13: The Other Option Is Extinction

Episode #14: This Is Only A Test

Episode #15: Missal Crisis

Episode #16: b&w

 

Season Four:

Episode #1: Pan-Pan!

Episode #2: The Walk-In 

Episode #3: Truth Has No Fixed Role Here

Episode #4: Splinter Groups 

Episode #5: Lost in Translation 

Episode #6: Occam’s Razor Revisited 

Episode #7: A Limited Hangout 

Episode #8: A Farewell Trip 

Episode #9: Think Therefore on Revenge 

Episode #10: Moral Luck 

Episode #11: Ruse de Guerre 

Episode #12: The Atomistic Society 

Episode #13: The 3rd Option 

Episode #14: Tis The Season 

Episode #15: Unnatural Phenomena 

Episode #16: The Flap Of A Butterfly’s Wings

 

Season Five:

Episode #1: Our Doubts Are Traitors 

Episode #2: Age of Violence

Episode #3: By Consent of the Few 

Episode #4: Hobson’s Choice 

Episode #5: The Persistence Of Attitude