Detente by Farad (G)

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Fandom: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: none
Length: less than 10,000 words.
Author on LJ: farad
Author Website: unknown
Why this must be read: Tension...this story starts out tense and continues that way until the end. See if you can guess the female character (she's never named). Illya must bargain for Napoleon's life, will the price be too high.

Excerpt:"Two of the officers had left about an hour ago, leaving the third man. He could have been invited to stay, she wasn’t above that, Illya knew. But he could also have been left behind to watch her and her men. At this point, the Albanian government was a mess of contradictions and unclear intent. No allegiance to the Soviet Union even though Hoxha hadn't withdrawn from the Warsaw Pact, leaning to Chairman Mao's teachings. And even if the central government did have a plan, there was just enough chaos and dissent that any faction could have invited her, and Thrush, in, right under the government's nose."

Detente