Summary
The world is on the brink of crisis. With the Cold War playing out once more on the global stage, the stakes have never been higher, and governments will do whatever it takes to stay at the top…
‘A gripping thriller’ Sunday Times ‘Imaginative and unexpected’ The Times ‘A cracking, uber-topical spy thriller’ Financial Times ‘Enthralling and fast-moving… the stuff headlines are made of’ Daily Mail
The world is on the brink of crisis. The Cold War is playing out once more on the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552175524 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552175528 |
| Author: | Tom Bradby |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 304g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 30mm |
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A gripping thriller
A gripping thriller * The Sunday Times *
Enthralling and fast-moving … packed with details of modern tradecraft in the twilight world of spooks, against a background of politics at its most Machiavellian, it is the stuff headlines are made of * Daily Mail *
Teems with twists and the denouement is imaginative and unexpected * The Times *
An excellent thriller straight out of today’s headlines … a fast, riveting yarn * The Sun *
A cracking, uber-topical spy thriller …Bradby deftly works in current fears of Moscow infiltrating our institutions amid a plot full of twists and turns * Financial Times *
A strong dose of international politics with an all-too-plausible premise * Jonathan Freedland, The Observer *
About The Author
Tom Bradby
Tom Bradby is a novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. He has written nine previous novels, including top-ten bestselling Secret Service, and its two sequels, Double Agent and Triple Cross. The Master of Rain was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger for Thriller of the Year, and both The White Russian and The God of Chaos for the CWA Historical Crime Novel of the Year. He adapted his first novel, Shadow Dancer, into a film, the script for which was nominated for Screenplay of the Year in the Evening Standard Film Awards.
As a broadcaster, he is best known as the current Anchor of ITV’s News at Ten. In his first year in the job he was named Network Presenter of the Year by the Royal Television Society. He has been with ITN for thirty years and was successively Ireland Correspondent, Political Correspondent, Asia Correspondent (during which time he was shot and seriously injured whilst Covering a riot in Jakarta), Royal Correspondent, UK Editor and Political Editor- a job he held for a decade - before being made the Anchor of News at Ten in 2015.
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