She’s the hottest agent they’ve got. Maybe she’s too hot.
Tsu Kim has finished her espionage training and came out top of her class. From psychometric testing to hand-to-hand combat, she turned heads and made everyone in the agency take note. Now, it’s time for the real world.
When a Korean scientist and his daughter are kidnapped in Istanbul, Tsu insists it’s a job for her. Her superior … her. Her superior disagrees. No matter how good she is, she’s not ready for this.
So when she finds herself on the streets of the ancient city, everything is on the line, including her reputation and the lives of her compatriots.
Will she succeed?
And will even her own agency find her too hot to handle?
Readers of the Chris Collins CIA Thriller Series will love this new solo adventure starring Tsu Kim. If you’ve read Bourne, Rapp, or Jet, you’ll love Tsu! Grab your copy today!
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Tsu: Desert Heat – a review by Rosemary Kenny
The action is red-hot from page one of David F. Berens and John Hopton’s new series opener, Tsu: Desert Heat, a Tsu Kim Spy Thriller, Book 1, as we ‘see’ the violent kidnap of South Korean biologist Hwan Jeung and his daughter Yu-mi, in broad daylight from an Istanbul Street cafe, by brazen unmasked enemies.
In Seoul, Tsu Kim, an agent for the South Korean Intelligence Service is on a dinner date, when she’s summoned to the Director’s office. There she’s told she’s graduated ahead of time, then (after a token protest from him), sent first to Turkey then into the UAE desert, to retrieve the father and daughter from a Maharaja’s palace, before it’s too late.
With one ally agent killed literally before her eyes, a second who abandoned her in the desert and a possible mole or double-agent in the NIS, Tsu’s first mission would deter either James Bond or Ethan Hunt, with its gritty, life-or-death fight scenes and shatteringly close-call completion of the rescue mission, in which her involvement has been denied by her boss at the NIS.
What’s on the slip of paper the Director gives Tsu after telling her she’s sacked?
Where will the feisty do-or-die agent go now?
Is her spy career over just as it got started?
Read Tsu: Desert Heat, Book 1 in A Tsu Kim Spy Thriller Series by David Berens and John Hopton, to find out what’s next for Tsu – and lucky readers everywhere too – get it today and enjoy!
This book starts a great new series
Tsu was introduced in Hopton’s and Berens’ previous Chris Collins’ CIA thriller, Rogue Enemy. But who is she?
Tsu is an agent for South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) who had recently completed her training.
After convincing her boss that she speaks three languages used in Turkey, she is off to her first mission. And that mission is to retrieve a Korean scientist and his daughter who were kidnapped by unknown parties.
The adventure really gets started after Tsu arrives in Istanbul. Then, after obtaining a leads to the possible kidnappers, she is off to Dubai, then the desert of India.
So read this exciting story and find out if Tsu completes her first mission.
Fantastic introduction to a new series…
This story chronicles the first assignment of a newly minted spy, Tsu Kim, who has recently completed her grueling training with the NIS (National Intelligence Service) of South Korea. As an unseasoned operative hungry to make her mark, she is ready to singlehandedly take on the incredibly wealthy and powerful Maharaja Bhardwaj and his entire private army in his Rajasthani palace in order to rescue a kidnapped Korean scientist and his daughter. The pace is relentless, the action is non-stop, and the plot is captivating as Tsu must negotiate obstacles both physical and political to accomplish her objective. If you have been following the Chris Collins CIA Thriller series by these authors (which I highly recommend), you will remember Tsu from Shanghai Crossfire. This book, however, affords a much more in-depth exploration of this complex and fascinating character who deserves her own series and I believe that all armchair adventure junkies will, like me, be eagerly anticipating each installment as fast as the authors can dream them up. Buckle up for some pedal to the metal adventure!
I was provided with an advance copy of this book from one of the authors but I am voluntarily offering my honest and unbiased review.
If you like your spies female, beautiful, kick ass, and no holds barred, then you’ll love Tsu Kim. Tsu recently graduated at top of her training class for South Korea’s National Intelligence Service. She convinces her supervisor to reluctantly send her on a solo mission to rescue a Korean biologist and his young daughter who were kidnapped in Turkey. Tsu quickly begins to gather intelligence on the abduction, and her superior on the ground there is killed. Tsu quickly shows her skills as she tracks down the killer and advances through several countries in her quest. Along the way she leaves a trail of broken, cut, burned and dead bodies as she holds nothing back to complete her mission and rescue the pair.
Great Story. Tsu continues her adventures in the Berens-Hopton Chris Collins CIA thriller series which starts with the volume Capitol Break, another great book. However, I hope Tsu will appear in more books on her own as well.
I received a beta copy of this book. This is my voluntary review.