Special Envoy

Priscilla J. Austin has been training as a CIA agent since returning from her first time in Africa in the summer of 1986. Apart from continuing her public relations consultancy, “an excellent cover,” her supervisor notes, she still has no idea what the agency wants her to do. Meanwhile, her public profile as “an ordinary woman makes good” has been enhanced by her work as a spokesperson for the Bernhardts of Bow Lake and her work with the Hollingsworth Presidential Election Campaign. But Priscilla does have her quirks- her tendency to be unpredictable- and her phobias, which could threaten the success of any mission. Regardless, agency officials know that only someone with Priscilla’s particular personality and individual characteristics can complete the impending mission successfully. Even so, they give her a dry run.

The opening scene is of Priscilla starting her regular meeting with the Bernhardt Foundation for Boarding Schools for Zimbabwean and South African Girls. She is at a conference center in Harare, where, before long, the ceiling caves in, and some mysterious-looking men drop down into the room, clinging onto ropes. The men are not there to rescue her, either. While Priscilla takes cover under the conference table, she reminisces about how she got there in the first place.

Along the way, from Harare to Amman-her final destination, Priscilla tackles gruesome circumstances. At the same time, a special ops unit of the CIA engages the very terrorists who are trying to obstruct her mission.

Although Special Envoy 1 can be read as a standalone, it might be helpful to first read the trilogy that precedes it: Priscilla Engaging in the Game of Politics, Mystery in Harare, and Three Metal Pellets. Stay tuned because there are two more special envoy narratives!

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