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Talking "Skwerl" and "Cheese" with author Elliot Ackerman

Talking "Skwerl" and "Cheese" with author Elliot Ackerman

Update: 2025-09-04
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Author and former Marine Elliot Ackerman's latest tale is about an ex-CIA Ground Branch operator who goes by his call sign, "Skwerl" and a former Afghan special ops pilot who goes by the name "Big Cheese" so you're probably already getting a good picture of Ackerman's latest novel Sheepdogs, which follows Skwerl and Cheese on a globe-trotting adventure from Uganda to Marseille.  Cipher Brief CEO & Publisher Suzanne Kelly welcomed Ackerman to the Cover Stories Studio to talk about missing handlers, hidden cargo and shadow war.

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Talking "Skwerl" and "Cheese" with author Elliot Ackerman

Talking "Skwerl" and "Cheese" with author Elliot Ackerman

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