--- product_id: 763259194 title: "Swift Press The Seventh Floor Sunday Times Bestseller From Author of DAMASCUS STATION and co-host of hit podcast THE REST IS CLASSIFIED (David McCloskey spy thriller)." price: "$217.01" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/763259194-swift-press-the-seventh-floor-sunday-times-bestseller-from-author store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Global espionage settings (Langley, Moscow, Singapore) Sunday Times Bestseller status Authentic CIA tradecraft insights Swift Press The Seventh Floor Sunday Times Bestseller From Author of DAMASCUS STATION and co-host of hit podcast THE REST IS CLASSIFIED (David McCloskey spy thriller). **Price:** $217.01 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🕵️‍♂️ Dive into the spy world only insiders dare to reveal! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Swift Press The Seventh Floor Sunday Times Bestseller From Author of DAMASCUS STATION and co-host of hit podcast THE REST IS CLASSIFIED (David McCloskey spy thriller). - **How much does it cost?** $217.01 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/763259194-swift-press-the-seventh-floor-sunday-times-bestseller-from-author) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Global Espionage Drama:** From Langley to Moscow to Singapore, experience a high-stakes international spy game that feels urgent and relevant. - • **Gripping Mole Hunt Thriller:** A suspenseful narrative that keeps you guessing who the traitor is among friends and foes alike. - • **Complex, Relatable Characters:** Multi-layered protagonists with flaws and fierce loyalty, redefining spy fiction archetypes. - • **Masterclass in Spy Tradecraft:** Written by former CIA officer David McCloskey, delivering unparalleled realism and insider knowledge. - • **Critically Acclaimed Bestseller:** Sunday Times Bestseller recognized for its masterful storytelling and immersive espionage world. ## Overview The Seventh Floor is a Sunday Times bestselling spy thriller by former CIA officer David McCloskey, blending authentic tradecraft with a gripping mole hunt narrative. Set across global espionage hotspots, it explores loyalty, betrayal, and the harsh realities of intelligence work through complex, deeply human characters. ## Description ALL YOUR LIFE YOU'RE CIA. THEN YOU'RE NOT. A Russian arrives in Singapore with a secret to sell. When the Russian is killed and Sam Joseph, the CIA officer dispatched for the meet, goes missing, Artemis Procter is made a scapegoat and run out of the service. Traded back in a spy swap, Sam appears at Procter’s central Florida doorstep months later with an explosive secret: there is a Russian mole hidden deep within the upper reaches of CIA. As Procter and Sam investigate, they arrive at a shortlist of suspects made up of both Procter’s closest friends and fiercest enemies. The hunt soon requires Procter to dredge up her own checkered past in service of CIA, placing her and Sam into the sights of a savvy Russian spymaster who will protect Moscow’s mole in Langley at all costs, even if it means wreaking bloody havoc across the United States. Bouncing between the corridors of Langley and the Kremlin, the thrilling new novel by David McCloskey explores the nature of friendship in a faithless business, and what it means to love a place that does not love you back. Review: Masterful, suspenseful and full of descriptions of realistic spy tradecraft. - I read a lot of spy fiction and non-fiction. John Le Carre of course is the master of spy fiction, with Graham Greene coming in second place. But, I was really surprised to find that David McCloskey, who worked for the CIA and was stationed overseas with them, is the closest thing to a modern American version of John Le Carre. McCloskey writes tradecraft of the spy world like only someone could from knowing it first hand. But, he also writes his characters with personalities that seemed like I was probably getting an inside view of what agents are really like. In The Seventh Floor, it is a sequel to his first book Damascus Station. The two main characters in both books, Sam Johnson and Artemis Aphrodtite Procter, return to deal with a mole at Langley. Procter is working out of Moscow Station. And she recruits Sam from Langley to meet a very important Russian agent who claims to very important information about a mole at the top of the CIA. However someone leaked this meeting to the Russians, and the informant ends of dead and Sam whisked off to Moscow to be tortured to find out what information was relayed to him. Months later, when Sam is returned to the US in an exchange for a Russian counterpart, he realizes the can’t share this information with anyone back at Langley since, according to the informant it is somebody at the top. So Sam turns to the only person he knows he can trust, Procter. The story unfolds masterfully. This was a book I could hardly put down. It was very suspenseful, with so many aspects of tradecraft laid out. I think Procter’s character was so masterful she almost reminded me a bit of the role Robert Redford played as Muir in the movie Spy Game. Review: Great "mole hunt" story - Fans of cerebral spy novels are in for a treat. Former CIA analyst turned novelist David McCloskey has penned a “mole hunt” novel positing the compromise of the Agency’s highest echelons by a traitor in league with Russian intelligence. Artemis Aphrodite Proctor has had a storied career at CIA. She’s a great intelligence officer who’s been awarded an intelligence star and commanded the respect, even devotion, of the agents with whom she’s worked closely. She’s also opinionated, disrespectful of authority, foul-mouthed, vindictive, a heavy drinker, and someone who doesn’t suffer fools and makes lasting enemies. So, when she tries to bring the possibility of a highly placed mole to the attention of higher-ups who don’t want to consider the possibility, her career is quickly terminated. Loving the agency—the only place she’s ever called home—she and another dismissed agent hunt for the mole as private citizens. Who will the traitor turn out to be? If they’re lucky, maybe their most despised enemy. But if they’re not, maybe their most cherished friend. I found Mr. McCloskey’s tale to be absorbing. His characters are superbly drawn: distinctive, multi-layered, complex, and very human. The “good guys” all have serious flaws and some of the “bad guys” turn out to be, yes, bad; but maybe not as bad as they first seemed. The novel is very well written. Mr. McCloskey immerses readers in the world of espionage, stripping away much of the glamour and portraying just how difficult life as an intelligence officer can be. The culture of his fictional CIA is an unforgiving one. But even though “the building [may not] love you back” (to paraphrase the CIA proverb at the front of the novel), its culture can engender great, even passionate, loyalty. Additionally, Mr. McCloskey’s prose and dialogue are excellent. He writes with great attention to detail and witty but dark humor. The book was a pleasure to read. There is some action, adventure, and violence in the novel. Not a lot, but some. "The Seventh Floor" is closer to the works of Graham Greene and John Le Carre than to those written by Ian Fleming, Robert Ludlum, and the like. ## Features - The Seventh Floor Sunday Times Bestseller From Author of DAMASCUS STATION and co-host of hit podcast THE REST IS CLASSIFIED (David McCloskey spy thriller). - ABISBOOK. - Swift Press. ## Images ![Swift Press The Seventh Floor Sunday Times Bestseller From Author of DAMASCUS STATION and co-host of hit podcast THE REST IS CLASSIFIED (David McCloskey spy thriller). - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81a82s4lrfL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Masterful, suspenseful and full of descriptions of realistic spy tradecraft. *by M***H on June 17, 2025* I read a lot of spy fiction and non-fiction. John Le Carre of course is the master of spy fiction, with Graham Greene coming in second place. But, I was really surprised to find that David McCloskey, who worked for the CIA and was stationed overseas with them, is the closest thing to a modern American version of John Le Carre. McCloskey writes tradecraft of the spy world like only someone could from knowing it first hand. But, he also writes his characters with personalities that seemed like I was probably getting an inside view of what agents are really like. In The Seventh Floor, it is a sequel to his first book Damascus Station. The two main characters in both books, Sam Johnson and Artemis Aphrodtite Procter, return to deal with a mole at Langley. Procter is working out of Moscow Station. And she recruits Sam from Langley to meet a very important Russian agent who claims to very important information about a mole at the top of the CIA. However someone leaked this meeting to the Russians, and the informant ends of dead and Sam whisked off to Moscow to be tortured to find out what information was relayed to him. Months later, when Sam is returned to the US in an exchange for a Russian counterpart, he realizes the can’t share this information with anyone back at Langley since, according to the informant it is somebody at the top. So Sam turns to the only person he knows he can trust, Procter. The story unfolds masterfully. This was a book I could hardly put down. It was very suspenseful, with so many aspects of tradecraft laid out. I think Procter’s character was so masterful she almost reminded me a bit of the role Robert Redford played as Muir in the movie Spy Game. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great "mole hunt" story *by W***M on November 24, 2024* Fans of cerebral spy novels are in for a treat. Former CIA analyst turned novelist David McCloskey has penned a “mole hunt” novel positing the compromise of the Agency’s highest echelons by a traitor in league with Russian intelligence. Artemis Aphrodite Proctor has had a storied career at CIA. She’s a great intelligence officer who’s been awarded an intelligence star and commanded the respect, even devotion, of the agents with whom she’s worked closely. She’s also opinionated, disrespectful of authority, foul-mouthed, vindictive, a heavy drinker, and someone who doesn’t suffer fools and makes lasting enemies. So, when she tries to bring the possibility of a highly placed mole to the attention of higher-ups who don’t want to consider the possibility, her career is quickly terminated. Loving the agency—the only place she’s ever called home—she and another dismissed agent hunt for the mole as private citizens. Who will the traitor turn out to be? If they’re lucky, maybe their most despised enemy. But if they’re not, maybe their most cherished friend. I found Mr. McCloskey’s tale to be absorbing. His characters are superbly drawn: distinctive, multi-layered, complex, and very human. The “good guys” all have serious flaws and some of the “bad guys” turn out to be, yes, bad; but maybe not as bad as they first seemed. The novel is very well written. Mr. McCloskey immerses readers in the world of espionage, stripping away much of the glamour and portraying just how difficult life as an intelligence officer can be. The culture of his fictional CIA is an unforgiving one. But even though “the building [may not] love you back” (to paraphrase the CIA proverb at the front of the novel), its culture can engender great, even passionate, loyalty. Additionally, Mr. McCloskey’s prose and dialogue are excellent. He writes with great attention to detail and witty but dark humor. The book was a pleasure to read. There is some action, adventure, and violence in the novel. Not a lot, but some. "The Seventh Floor" is closer to the works of Graham Greene and John Le Carre than to those written by Ian Fleming, Robert Ludlum, and the like. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another exceptional work top to bottom, McCloskey is the ace of this genre! *by J***F on December 7, 2025* This is the 3rd McCloskey book I have read this week - yes, I like him that much, and yes, this book series is just that good. There are dozens of authors in this genre right now, and I read most of them. For my money, David McCloskey is the best at it right now. The plot moves quickly, the tradecraft and politics are spot on, the characters feel real and emotional. I like that it's a great mix of spying, character development, political intrigue, technical details - it works well across those areas without being too much of any of them. Some of the authors in this genre are all action - which is great, I read those authors too. Some are just super technical - great! - love those as well. This is a perfect balance with a fantastic ending to bring it all back together, and Artimis Procter is my new favorite literary spy. John LeCarre fans rejoice, we have a new author to take his place. 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