Professional Dreamer
Jun 15, 2006
The Professionals
Raymond Dibble is a mousy librarian who loves reading about the adventures of Bodie and Doyle, until a head injury leaved him convinced that he is Doyle.
One of the most interesting amnesia fics I’ve ever read, and a totally hilarious spy novel as well.
“Not real plans—phony ones. But that was okay, because the Russians knew they were phony and they were planning to sell them to the East Germans because they needed extra money to beef up the effort in Afghanistan. Glasnost has screwed the hell out of their military budget, too.”
“Okay, so we were selling shit to the Russkis so they could sell it to the East Germans who are idiots. Correct? Exactly what were we selling?”
“Just some schematics the boys in Washington sent over to look good under a microscope—they had it on a microchip.”
“And the Russkis knew it was crap?”
“Yessir.”
“And the East Germans?”
“Well, they might’ve figured it out, because they backed out of the sale at the last minute. So the KGB decided to peddle it to the Israelis who really only wanted it to leak to the Iranians as part of a package deal with the arms thing. Kind of like a commission on the sale.”
“But the Israelis didn’t know the U.S. knew about it, right?”
“Well, that’s hard to say. They don’t like dealing with the KGB at the best of times, and they sure as hell hate the Iranians, so they could’ve been double-crossing them. There’s some evidence they were going to pass it to the Iraqis at the same time.” He shrugged. “You know how it is.”
Arabian Nights
Apr 9, 2005
The Professionals
If you’ve never heard of The Professionals, then…I can’t help you. I know absolutely nothing about this fandom. But it doesn’t matter, because this is an AU. It borrows a bit heavily from the Sheik Romance genre of Harlequin novels, but it’s still enjoyable. The rape is kind of glossed over, but I’m willing to excuse it, somewhat, in the context of the story. And I realize this isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement, but…read it anyway. It’s a lot of fun.