She Completed the Hit. Then Her Handler Made Her the Target.

CREATIVE FICTION: This imaginative adaptation of “Target Zero” from TRUE KILL by Orlando Madsbrine includes invented scenes, expanded espionage details and interpretive host commentary. It is not a verbatim retelling, factual crime report, real intelligence account, or medical or operational guidance. All characters and institutions are fictional. Welcome to THE TRUE ASSASSINS PODCAST, your weekly destination for addictive cloak-and-dagger stories. In this fictional Murder investigation, Agent X completes what should be a routine assignment—then discovers that the cleanup crew may have come for her. No name. No past. No awkward office farewell when the agency decides she is disposable. Agent X has spent her life carrying out missions wrapped in the language of national security. This time, her handler’s next order reveals the real target: the woman who has just done the killing. Adapted from “Target Zero” in TRUE KILL by Orlando Madsbrine, this espionage-fiction story follows an operative who refuses to be erased. Survival is only the beginning. Searching for answers, she uncovers a fictional agency’s corruption and reconnects with a sympathetic tech and a mentor she thought was dead. The system that trained her to disappear has created someone unusually difficult to silence. The threats become more desperate. Deals, bribes, even pressure tied to a manufactured past: what leverage do you have over someone whose identity you already stripped away? Agent X is no longer following the mission. She is rewriting who gets to control its ending. This episode tracks the penthouse assignment, the waiting cleanup crew, the betrayal, and the search for evidence that can survive outside the shadows. The decisive turn is not a bigger gunfight. It is a leaked memo and a dossier pushed into public view. In a world built on secrets, exposure becomes the threat the agency cannot contain. But taking down the machine is not the same as recovering a life. When the headlines fade and the ghost returns to the crowd, what does victory mean for a woman with no homecoming waiting? These are fictional characters and institutions, not allegations about any real person, government, or intelligence service. Rate and follow THE TRUE ASSASSINS PODCAST for more ADDICTIVE CLOAK & DAGGER STORIES. #TrueAssassinsPodcast #TargetZero #OrlandoMadsbrine #TrueKill #SpyFiction #EspionageThriller #CrimeFiction #FictionPodcast #AgentX #Betrayal #CloakAndDagger #ConspiracyThriller #SuspenseStories This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit trueassassins.substack.com