Ministers of Fire opens in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1979, where, the author writes, “the world we know was born.” CIA station chief Lucius Burling, an idealistic but flawed product of his nation’s intel
Follows CIA operative Lucius Burling from 1979 Kabul, Afghanistan to the streets of Shanghai, China months after 9/11, intertwining Burling's life with global politics and military history.