The Project

The Project is really a continuance of Harold Alvin's first novel "We have come to kill you". Greco was born in the troubled East but his parents and the family moved to the USA and he attended grade school, high school, and into a well-known college.

One day a stranger who had watched him from day one of college to graduation approached him. It was in his third year that a man offered to buy him a cup of something hot. He chose hot tea and as they sat down, the man told him his name, Peter Cushing — though that was not his real name. After that meeting, Peter said, "You are from the East".

"Yessir," Greco replied. "I would like to talk some more." "Okay, see you here tomorrow, same time, same place." "Okay, Peter!"

All night, Greco tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. He wondered what this man was really after.

They visited each other on the college campus. In a small coffee shop, they found a corner where they could talk semi-private.

Peter asked, "Greco, where were you born?" "Iraq." "How many languages do you speak?" "Fluently in 10, of course English and Spanish as well." The questioning went on and on.

Greco missed his classes. Finally, Peter said, "How would you like to work for the U.S. C.I.A.?" "Yes, I would like that." After extensive training, he was given his first assignment.

Finally, they asked, "What is your code name?" Looking out the window, he saw a Greckle on the lawn. Turning to Peter, he said, "Call me Greco or Bird of Prey."

His first assignment was to search for OBM. He did so well that the department assigned him to the terrorist department. He was sent to South America and was shot in Mompox, Colombia, and left for dead in the street. At least, they thought he was dead.

Secretly, he was flown to a great hospital in Washington. Did he survive? What happened to him when his parents were told he was lost somewhere in the Colombian jungles?