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Pagoda
Written by James Atlee Phillips
Copyright: 1951
Down on his luck in Rangoon, Joe Gall agrees to work with Varley for a chance at millions in the jungles of that war-torn area. Fists and guns were expected but when Varley turns out to be working for and against both sides, Gall knew it was every man for himself. This is a precursor to the actual spy series, written more than a decade before.
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The Green Wound Contract
aka The Green Wound
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1963
It is in this first book that Joe is actually brought out of retirement by a visit by Carl Wiley. A baddie named Uncle Tom Asmodeus is causing trouble for the fine people of the Southern city of Lafcadio. Political pressure from Congress causes the CIA to hire Joe to investigate.
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The Silken Baroness Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1964
Gall is told to guard the Baroness Tamuelius. To do this, as well as figure out who is actually after the fair lady, Joe must take up residence in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It’s rough duty, acting the part of a wealthy, drunken American reprobate but Joe comes through.
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The Paper Pistol Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1966
Gall's cover is to monitor French atomic testing near Tahiti. His real task is to force a wedge between De Gaulle and his new friends, the Red Chinese by kidnapping and holding for several days one of the leading French scientists.
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The Death Bird Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1966
A very wealthy, highly likeable minor diplomat named Lewis Wardlaw is up for nomination as Under Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs. He has one problem: a heroin habit. Gall is told to get close to the millionaire and find out the truth.
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The Irish Beauty Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1966
It is to New Granada that Gall is sent to report on the actions of a Mike Bonner, an international salesman in arms and explosives. The rebels of New Granada need arms and the government of Cuba seem anxious to provide them. The question arises whether Bonner is the go-between.
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The Star Ruby Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1967
It’s not every spy who can, if operating in Burma to help that government remove a Nationalist Chinese general and his army from their lands, call upon a Gurka regiment from India. Joe Gall can and does as he returns to that Indochina country after many years.
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The Rockabye Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1968
She stands 6'2", plays the guitar on stage in the semi-nude, and needs a bodyguard. She is Miss Hester Prim and she is about to leave her Greenwich Village stomping grounds to go on a tour of Europe. Gall is to baby-sit because there is a very evil Caribbean dictator bent on killing her.
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The Skeleton Coast Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1968
Someone has stolen seven large bins of uncut diamonds from the shores along South-West Africa and the South African nation and the diamond cartel want them back. Also desiring them is a highly intelligence native named Huru backed by fiercely loyal pygmy bushmen as well as the Red Chinese.
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The Ill Wind Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1969
Things are exploding in Indonesia and Gall is sent in see what he can do. He must contend with a rebel force that seems to hold all the aces and a powerful government that doesn’t know which general to trust. And a Swedish beauty that is either the biggest of airheads or a highly intelligent manipulator.
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The Trembling Earth Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1969
To infiltrate the Republic of New Africa, a black militant group, Gall must go undercover and join the organization which means he must become black! The ending, however, is one of the wildest non-endings you will ever find.
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The Fer-de-Lance Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1970
The group Republic of New Africa has been destroyed but the leader has escaped. Months later, he returns with an outrageous plan that the CIA knows won’t work but would cause so much bad diplomatic strife that it had to be stopped at all cost. Gall must go after one of the few men he has ever feared.
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The Canadian Bomber Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1971
The FLQ, the movement fighting for the separation of French-based Quebec from the rest of Canada, isn’t moving fast enough according to splinter group, the Union for the Armed Liberation of Quebec. More violent action is needed to force the issue and that means explosives and Niagara Falls.
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The White Wolverine Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1971
The men who were killed lost their lives in various ways but they all had the figurine of a wolverine, carved from the ivory of a walrus, attached to an earlobe by bailing wire. Gall’s assignment was to keep a Vancouver big-wig from becoming the next victim.
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The Kiwi Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1972
Mike Donoghue was a rich oil baron working on a top secret assignment for the United States. His task was so secret that a decoy was needed. Gall is told to trade places with the man who also happened to be a swinging jet-setter with a penchant for drink and women. Too bad someone wants him dead.
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The Judah Lion Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1972
Kalinga was the absolute president of the Republic of Marundi, a land-locked East African country until his Number Two wanted a promotion and Kalinga had to flee to survive. The problem was that Kalinga was fairly pro-American while his successor was not. Gall gets bodyguard duty.
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The Spice Route Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1973
When a black army officer and deserter from the Vietnam War formed a gang of assassins and eliminated a major Yemeni official, the CIA applauded because that what they had recruited and paid him to do. When he began to apply his trade against those who were pro-American, he had to be stopped.
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The Shankill Road Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1973
Gall’s assignment is to stop an assassin who was suspected of 50+ brutal eliminations in the political strife of Northern Ireland and was rumored to be upping the ante by killing a major official in the British government.The assassin is an American. Worse, he is the son of a member of the U.S. Cabinet
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The Underground Cities Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1974
Cihan was the leader of the Turkish People’s Liberation Party and prior to his capture by the Turkish government had caused considerable anxiety to the ruling party. Now he was being held in a maximum security prison. Rebels take three Americans hostage and demanded the release of their leader.
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The Kowloon Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1974
The Kong Yick Company of Hong Kong made rather innocuous ones toys, nothing that would attract the interest of governments or terrorists. Yet it is put under attack one afternoon when the several pregnant women workers all suffer sudden and violent miscarriages. Gall must find what weapon is being used.
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The Black Venus Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1975
The Black Venus was named Julietta, housekeeper at the home Gall occupies during this assignment to Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is also a major conduit to the October Eighth Movement in Brazil, the group that had kidnapped a legend in the CIA and a man important enough that Gall is sent to rescue him.
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The Last Domino Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1976
Someone has stolen a lot of plutonium from America and the US wants it back. That is the basic contract given Joe as he is sent to Korea. As his cover, he is sent in to take the role of a missionary (!) with the assistance of Nan-Cho, a fervent believer who is determined to save his soul.
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The Makassar Strait Contract
Written by Philip Atlee
Copyright: 1976
Off the coast of Indonesia, the Japanese are harvesting incredible amount of manganese, a highly prized mineral highly prized in the manufacturing community. The question is how are they getting it and how can the U.S. get a piece of it. The ending is a great way to close a series.
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