Invasion

Tensions rise to boiling point … Gardner cuts to the molten core of a modern flashpoint in an electric thriller. * THE SUN *Everything is impressive in this masterly account … exhilarating (if alarming) topicality. * SUNDAY TIMES *A genuinely unnerving and fast-paced race-against-time thriller … its potent combination of Tom Clancy-style hi-tech military and naval manoeuvring and a John Le Carre-like espionage thriller rings all too true … highly recommended. * IRISH INDEPENDENT *Praise for Frank Gardner * : *Fast, taut, tense, accurate. * Frederick Forsyth *Gardner skilfully mixes knowledge garnered as the BBC’s security correspondent with breathless action. * The Times *Thriller writing of a high order … Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise … an enthralling, intelligent read. * Financial Times *Confirms Frank Gardner’s place among the pantheon of distinguished reporters who have become excellent thriller writers, including Gerald Seymour and Frederick Forsyth … utterly authentic. * Daily Mail *A fast and exciting story rooted in the present horrifying dangers that surround us … brimful of an insider’s insights … reeks of authority. * Gerald Seymour *Combines insider knowledge with heart-in-mouth excitement. * i-Newspaper *

Born in 1961, Frank Gardner has been the BBC’s Security Correspondent since 2002. He holds a degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies. In 2004, while filming in Saudi Arabia, he was ambushed by terrorists, shot multiple times and left for dead. He survived and returned to active news reporting within a year. He still travels extensively. Awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to journalism, Frank published his bestselling memoir, Blood and Sand, in 2006. His first novel, the thriller Crisis, which introduced readers to SIS operative Luke Carlton, was a No.1 bestseller. The second Luke Carlton thriller, Ultimatum, was also a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller, as was the third, Outbreak. Frank Gardner lives in London.