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The Accidental Spy

David Gardner

Harvey Hudson is an emotionally scarred, fifty-six-year-old history professor who has lost his job, his wife, and his self-respect. In desperation, Harvey takes a high-tech job for which he is totally unqualified.


So, he outsources it to India.


Then Harvey discovers that a Russian intelligence agency owns the outsourcing company and is using him to launch a cyberattack on the U.S. petroleum industry.


Harvey now finds himself in a world of trouble with the Russians and the FBI, and he has fallen in love with the woman from New Delhi who's doing the job he's outsourced-who might be a Russian agent.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Encircle Publications, LLC
  • Publish Date: Nov 2nd, 2022
  • Pages: 274
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.62in - 0.77lb
  • EAN: 9781645994206
  • Categories: Humorous - Dark HumorSatireThrillers - Suspense

About the Author

Gardner, David: - David Gardner grew up on a Wisconsin dairy farm, served in Army Special Forces, and earned a Ph.D. in French from the University of Wisconsin. He has taught college and worked as a reporter and in high tech. He co-authored three programming books for Prentice Hall and wrote dozens of travel articles and many mind-numbing software manuals before happily turning to fiction. His debut novel, The Journalist: A Paranormal Thriller, appeared in February, 2021, followed by The Last Speaker of Skalwegian in November, 2021, and then The Accidental Spy in November, 2022, all published by Encircle Publications. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Nancy, also a writer. He hikes, bikes, messes with astrophotography, and plays the keyboard with no discernible talent whatsoever.