I am looking for others’ recommendations for the best Spec Fic stories centered around covert organizations and their dealings/activities. Intelligence agencies, special units, black operations, etc.
Some examples that spring to mind are Special Circumstances from The Culture series and Section 8 from Star Trek.
Are you interested in slightly more fantastical yet still clandestine agencies? You can’t go wrong with Robin Sloan’s Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore! Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea also gives me these vibes but it’s less heavy on the secret society bits.
I’ll take whatever I can get for the most part! Thanks for the recs!
The Laundry Files by Charles Stross, might satisfy.
I’ve never come across another writer that fills The Culture hole.
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