Triple is the story of the most successful espionage coup – and best kept secret – of this century. This taut espionage thriller comes from master of the genre, Ken Follett.
Triple is the story of the most successful espionage coup – and best kept secret – of this century. This taut espionage thriller comes from master of the genre, Ken Follett.
It is 1968. Israeli intelligence has learned that Egypt, with Soviet help, will develop atomic bombs within months – an untimely end for the young nation unless a source of uranium for Israeli bombs can be had in complete secrecy. Impossible, of course, unless someone as improbable as the plan can be found to steal it.Working alone, Israeli agent Nat Dickstein concocts an ingenious scenario for the biggest, and quietest, hijacking in history. Against him are the Russian KGB, Egyptian Intelligence and the Arab extremist Fedayeen. With him is a half-English, half-Arab young woman of uncertain allegiance, who discovers Dickstein's Achilles heel ...
'Highly imaginative ... fascinating.' -- The Washington Post
'A sizzling narrative ... Follett is a master.' -- TIME
'A literally earth-shaking confrontation.' -- The New York Times
Ken Follett, born 5 June 1949, was only twenty-seven when he wrote the award-winning Eye of the Needle, which became an international bestseller. His celebrated Pillars of the Earth was voted into the top 100 of Britain's best-loved books in the BBC's the Big Read and the sequel, World Without End, was published to critical acclaim. He has sold more than 130 million copies of his works and many of his books have reached the No. 1 ranking on the New York Times bestseller list. He lives with his family in London and Hertfordshire. Raza Jaffrey is an English actor and singer, who starred as Dr. Neal Hudson on the CBS TV medical drama Code Black. He is best known for playing Zafar Younis on the BBC One spy drama series Spooks. In 2014, he played Pakistani Lieutenant Colonel Aasar Khan in season 4 of the Showtime series Homeland. He studied English and drama at Manchester University, and studied acting at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
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