Book Review: A Time To Betray, by Reza Kahlili
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“I was followed,” I said
CIA agent Steve Clark uncrossed his legs. He leaned forward, his expression stiffening. “Followed?”
I tried not to let my voice reflect my nervousness. “Yes. I thought I might be imagining it, but I took a few diversions and the tail was still there. It took me an hour to lose him.”
Agent Clark leveled his blue eyes at me. “Wally, I want you to be completely aware of the consequences if things go wrong. The United States government will deny any relationship to you. There won’t be a navy fleet coming to your rescue… Do I make myself clear?”
I swallowed hard and said “Yes, I understand.” It was difficult to miss Agent Clark’s message: I was disposable.
Thus begins a captivating true-life tale of danger, intrigue, betrayal, and lost faith in the message of radical Islam. A lone warrior embarks on a life of deception, feigning allegiance to a system he desperately hopes to destroy. As a member of Iran‘s dreaded Sepah-E-Pasdaran, or Revolutionary Guards, he decides to turn his back on the Islamic Revolution he once embraced, and betray his country in order to save it.
Action-packed, suspenseful, and tear-jerking at times, A Time to Betray removes the aura from the life of a spy. It reveals a man, struggling between his sense of duty to his country and his shame for betraying her. Trying to hold his family together and protect them from harm, since his discovery would mean their execution. And desperately hoping that out of the complicated double madness his life has become, some good will eventually come to his country. This book, detailing his years of work for the Central Intelligence Agency, also offers us another glimpse into the minds of those hell-bent on destroying our own way of life today. Five stars! * * * * *
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