For years, readers have been asking if I am going to start a new series.
I am. Sort of.
Spy School Secret Files is an offshoot of the Spy School series — but instead of telling made up stories about spies, I and sharing true stories.
Yes, this is my first non-fiction book. It came about as a result of my visit to CIA headquarters. While there, I head so many fascinating true stories of espionage that I asked if I could share them and the CIA eagerly agreed. There were so many stories that I realized there would have to be more than one book, so I decided to focus the first book on tales from World War II, which really was the beginning of the modern CIA. (Yes, that means there will be at least one more book in this series.)
To tie this to Spy School, I have Ben Ripley narrate the stories. So I hope you will enjoy reading as Ben shares the true stories behind World War II’s courageous spies, their inventive commanders, and the incredible things they did, like commando raids, code-breaking, double-crosses, disinformation, and inventing shark repellant and exploding pancake batter (really). There are amazing stories about famous spies like Julia Child, John Ford, and Sterling Hayden, plus countless others who risked their lives and took great risks to keep the world safe from evil.
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I personally believe that one of the main reasons that readers like the SS series is because it is told from Ben’s perspective, and that suddenly shifting perspective 15 books into the series would be jarring.