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The novel is ostensibly set against the backdrop of the Berlin Tunnel (Operation GOLD, covername: PBJOINTLY). The yarn is told from both ends of the tunnel. One end is the story of the Americans who worked the tunnel, and how they fought for a sense of purpose against boredom and the enemy both within and without. This side of the story is told with a pace and a black humor reminiscent of that used by Joseph Heller (Catch-22) and Richard Hooker (M*A*S*H*). The other end of the tunnel is the story of the Russians whose telephone calls the Americans are intercepting. Their end of the tale is told in the unnarrated transcripts of their calls. They are the voices under Berlin.

Writing on his website www.SpyWise.net, Britton calls Voices Under Berlin "a spy novel that breaks all the molds," adding that "in the tradition of Greene and Ambler, 'Voices Under Berlin' contains many literate qualities that make it a work of special consideration, worthy of an audience much broader than that of espionage enthusiasts or those interested in Cold War history. In fact, one indication of the book's quality is that it was among the award winners at the July 2008 Hollywood Book Festival, a very rare honor for a spy novel."

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The author served at Field Station Berlin in the early 1970s, after a tour at Herzo Base. He is a three time graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, the alumni of which are called "Monterey Marys."

Check out T.H.E. Hill's novel, The Day Before the Berlin Wall: Could We Have Stopped It?: An Alternate History of Cold War Espionage. Released in 2010 for the 21st Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

13 August 2014 marked the 53rd Anniversary of the Construction of the Berlin Wall, and the 25th Anniversay of the Fall of the Wall.
Find out about the Cinderella Stamps that commemorate the 50th Anniversay of the construction.

Released on
the fiftieth anniversary of the first permanent SIGINT collection presence on Teufelsberg, the operational home of Field Station Berlin

Reunification: A Monterey Mary Returns to Berlin

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The "Book of the Month" for "Summer 2013" at BerlinBrigade.com

Winner of the Stars and Flags Gold Award in the category "General Fiction" for 2013.

In the Lair of the Cozy Bear:
Cyberwarfare with APT 29 Up Close and Personal -- A Novel
Original title: In het hol van de Cozy Bear
by F.W.A. van Nispen tot Pannerden
Translated from the Dutch by T.H.E. Hill

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Ripped from the headlines of the International Press.
A novel about the Russian hacks of the DNC, The White House, The Department of State, The Pentagon, and more.

When You See Six Magpies in Wales: Run, Forger, Run!

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Diamonds Are the Best Revenge:
You never know who’s going to be on a river cruise with you. There might be a (retired) CIA case officer on the passenger list.

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A CIA Case Officer who is allegedly retired ostensibly takes his wife on a river cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam. In reality, however, no one ever really retires from intelligence work. Follow the travels of Mike and Fran to find out what $10,000,000 worth of uncut, untraceable diamonds can do for you; and to learn whether the CIA, the SVR, the BND, or the AIVD can figure out what it is before they do it. The game afoot is one of wits and imagination, rather than one of physical daring-do. Mike’s ‘retired,’ after all, and Fran will swear to it.

Everyone has a right to be stupid once in a while. Some people, however—like Havermeyer—abuse that right.

— Chief of Station, Vienna (off the record)

You are requested not to reveal the surprise ending.