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by Courtney Ryley Cooper, William J. (William James) Flynn
A retired chief of the U.S. Secret Service takes listeners into the shadowy world of wartime espionage, where German agents weave a covert web across America. He recounts the meticulous decoding of cryptic numeral messages that arrive each morning from a distant wireless tower, revealing plans to sway public opinion, sabotage industry, and undermine the Allied effort. Through vivid recollections of secret meetings in embassies, hidden radio stations on Long Island, and covert operatives hidden in plain sight, the narrative paints a tense picture of a nation on the brink of being pulled into a hidden war.
The story follows the chief’s early investigations, from the puzzling “hidden death” of a nervous diplomat hunched over a German dictionary to the first breakthrough that exposes a coordinated campaign of sabotage. Listeners will feel the urgency of each intercepted transmission and the delicate dance between loyalty and betrayal as the United States confronts an invisible enemy lurking within its own borders.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (425K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Prospect Press, 1919.
Credits
deaurider, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2023-04-11
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

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