{"product_id":"9781093177121","title":"The Goddess Is Here","description":"\u003cbr\u003e Includes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Book 1: Jake Fonko M.I.A\u003cbr\u003e     Book 2: Fonko on the Carpet\u003cbr\u003e     Book 3: Fonko's Errand Go Boom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jake Fonko M.I.A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the Vietnam War winds down, Jake Fonko's mission has only just begun...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meet Jake Fonko, America's coolest covert agent. An ex-surfer and decorated Ranger working in Army Intelligence, Jake finds himself dispatched to Saigon during the final days of the Vietnam War, temporarily on loan to the CIA. Jake figures that he'll ride a desk, relax in Saigon and collect a paycheck -- business as usual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But the CIA has other plans for Jake...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e His ensuing adventure across war-torn Cambodia amidst the chaos and corruption are tales you won't believe, except...what if it's all true?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fonko on the Carpet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After surviving his perilous trip to the Cambodian killing fields, Jake Fonko heads back to Los Angeles for some much needed R\u0026amp;R. With the Vietnam War over, Reduction in Force has RIF'd Jake out of his once-promising Army career and sent him home unemployed -- and he intends to enjoy every moment of his free time. With his hard-earned (but ill-gotten) gains, Jake sets up house in a Malibu beach pad, buys a red Corvette and hangs out as a freelance military adviser\/gentleman mercenary\/international private eye\/gun for hire. Life is good, the women are beautiful and Jake tries his best to forget his wild stint with the CIA. If only things were that easy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Los Angeles isn't all that it's cracked up to be...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The LA lifestyle may be glamorous, but Jake soon finds that it doesn't come cheap. His bank account running on fumes, he finally lands his first big freelance gig, and it's a monster: he's hired to be the aide to the Shah of Iran. Fortune comes with a price, however, as many whisper of the Shah that \"no one dares tell him the truth.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jake 's assignment is to tell the Shah the truth -- at any cost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What could possibly go wrong (besides a million dollars going astray, of course)?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fonko's Errand Go Boom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Safely returned from Iranian Revolutionaries, Jake's next adventure starts with a tip from an old surfing buddy. John Z. DeLorean, he of the revolutionary stainless steel, gull-winged sports car, seeks a special man for a special job.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jake's that man. The job?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The situation is still developing, can't give you the details yet,\" is all DeLorean will say. The pay's good, and Jake needs the work, so he's off to Belfast, Northern Ireland, the site of DeLorean's factory. It's a time and place fraught with the bloody Troubles -- Catholic Republican gangs battling Ulster Protestant militias -- and Jake finds himself enlisted by both sides. An afternoon of Gaelic football with factory chums confronts Jake with his KGB nemesis, Emil Grotesqcu, who's not been sent to thwart Jake this time but on other, mysterious business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Caught by the Royal Ulster Constabulary while detonating a stolen van packed with 100 kg of Semtex, Jake is clapped in dreaded Maze prison and interrogated by...George Smiley? Then there's the firefight in the fog, the assassination attempt on Margaret Thatcher and the satchel of money stolen from gunrunners. Not to mention Jake's appearance in the FBI videotape of a drug sting in Los Angeles. How in the heck did Jake get himself into this lose-lose-lose-lose situation? How is he going to get out? How did Leopold Bloom get into the act? And how differently might history have turned out had not Jake been there to help it along?","brand":"Beach Umbrella Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023761326320,"sku":"9781093177121","price":7.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781093177121_p0.jpg?v=1763684306","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781093177121","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}