They thought forty years of tradecraft was just a memory. They were wrong.
When an 83-year-old shepherd in the Atacama Desert notices clouds vanishing five kilometers before reaching a concrete pylon, he uncovers a terrifying secret: someone is stealing rain directly from the sky.
Deep in the French Riviera, 71-year-old retired spymaster Marguerite « Margot » Valcourt receives a smuggled micro-film hidden inside a sea bream. The message reveals Project Mirage—a global network of atmospheric towers built by eco-billionaire Octave Lambrechts to control global freshwater and sell it back to drought-stricken nations.
When corporate mercenaries attack her cliffside villa, Margot activates Protocol Twenty: an emergency mandate assembling twenty retired secret agents from across the globe.
- High-Stakes Global Tradecraft: From the Chilean desert to the Norwegian Arctic, Senegal, Japan, and Monaco.
- Old School vs. High Tech: Armed only with decades of experience and a €40 hardware-store budget, octogenarian spies take on a private corporate army.
- Witty & Action-Packed: Perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club, Slow Horses, and classic international espionage thrillers.
Disguised as a harmless senior bridge convention, the Veteran Mission Force is ready for one final mission.
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Author’s Note
« With Operation Mimosa, I wanted to turn classic espionage tropes on their head. We live in an era obsessed with youth, algorithms, hyper-connectivity, and technological solutions. Yet, the most formidable asset in any crisis remains human experience, patience, and lateral thinking.
The Veteran Mission Force represents a generation that relies on memory, physical tradecraft, and trust rather than digital footprints. By contrasting high-tech eco-villainy—which steals the very rain from the sky—with octogenarian operatives buying supplies in local hardware stores under a €40 budget limit, the novel blends high-stakes global thrillers with warmth, humor, and social commentary.
Operation Mimosa celebrates the invisible people whom society often overlooks—the old shepherds, retired fishmongers, and veteran grandmothers who turn out to be the bravest guardians of our planet. »
— Max Galer
