The Coldest Warrior

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In 1953, at the end of the Korean War, Dr. Charles Wilson, an Army scientist expert in weaponized anthrax, died when he "jumped or fell" from the ninth floor of a Washington hotel. As his wife and children grieve, the details of his death remain buried for twenty-two years. With the release of the Rockefeller Commission report on illegal CIA activities in 1975, and its disclosure that Wilson was unwittingly given LSD a week before his death, the Wilson case suddenly becomes news again. Wilson's family and the press demand answers, especially as they come to suspect the CIA of foul play, and it becomes clear that people in the CIA, FBI, and White House will do anything to make sure the truth doesn't get out. Enter agent Jack Gabriel, an old friend of the Wilson family who is instructed by the CIA director to find out what really happened to Wilson. It's Gabriel's last mission before he retires from the agency, and his most perilous. He discovers that complicity in a continuing cover-up reaches to the highest levels of government, and when key witnesses connected to the case die from suspicious causes, Gabriel realizes that the closer he gets to the truth, the more he puts himself and his entire family at risk. Following in the footsteps of spy fiction greats like Graham Green, John Le Carré, and Alan Furst, Paul Vidich presents a tale-based on the unbelievable true story told in Netflix's Wormwood-that doesn't shy away from the true darkness in the shadows of espionage.