Inspired by real CIA operations, this is the riveting novel of a
fraying CIA analyst who conducts secret mind-control experiments
and the young agent who, years later, uncovers the appalling legacy
of the program and the people destroyed by it.
From its official sanction in 1953 to its shutdown in 1973, the
CIA clandestinely conducted methods of mind control on unwitting
American and Canadian citizens. This covert and illegal operation,
Project MK Ultra, eventually made national headlines upon the
declassification of thousands of documents in 2001.
Intrigued by the people empowered to enact such abuses and the
legacy of such an operation, Scott O Connor weaves the nuanced and
compelling story of Henry March, a CIA agent forced to spearhead a
series of insidious mind-control experiments in San Francisco. With
each passing day, Henry s existence becomes a nightmare, his
identity withering as he works over the hapless men lured into his
facility. Struggling between his duty to his country and his
responsibility to his wife and children, Henry finally reaches a
breaking point, leaving both his project and mind fractured. Amid
the wreckage, he disappears, becoming the deepest Ultra
mystery.
Two decades later, Dickie Ashby, a young CIA agent, is sent to
Los Angeles to infiltrate a group of bank-robbing radicals who
claim to have been abused in a government brainwashing operation
years earlier. The members of the group know they need to find
Henry March and that the only bridge to Henry is his daughter,
Hannah, who lives in the city. Dickie suddenly finds himself
dragged into the stunning legacy of the experiments, torn between
doing his job, helping the victims of Henry s program, and
protecting Hannah.
Called one to watch ("Los Angeles Times") and hailed for his
ability to make something beautiful of unspeakable matters ("New
York Times"), O Connor will stir your emotions with "Half World," a
mesmerizing novel about reality and the basic incorruptible value
of human relationships.
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