Marc Dane is a MI6 field agent at home behind a computer screen, one step away from the action. But when a brutal attack on his team leaves Marc as the only survivor - and with the shocking knowledge that there are traitors inside MI6 - he's forced into the front line.
However the evidence seems to point towards Marc as the perpetrator of the attack. Accused of betraying his country, he must race against time to clear his name.
With nowhere to turn to for help and no one left to trust, Marc is forced to rely on the elusive Rubicon group and their operative Lucy Keyes. Ex US Army, Lucy also knows what it's like to be an outsider, and she's got the skills that Marc is sorely lacking.
A terrorist attack is coming, one bigger and more deadly than has ever been seen before. With the eyes of the security establishment elsewhere, only Lucy and Marc can stop the attack before it's too late.
Review:
'An intelligent, likable and, above all, believable hero is faced with a frighteningly credible threat in a thriller that hits the tarmac running and doesn't stop accelerating until its terrifying conclusion.' (Ben Aaronovitch, author of the Sunday Times bestselling PC Peter Grant novels)
Author:
James Swallow is an veteran author and scriptwriter with over 15 years of experience in fiction, television, radio, journalism, new media and video games. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author of 38 novels with over 750,000 books currently in print, in nine different worldwide territories. He was nominated by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) for his writing on the critically acclaimed DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION, 2013's blockbuster videogame with over 2.18 million copies sold.
10 comments
Manta
14 Jan 17#10
Nice one,just ordered.
v5535
14 Jan 17#9
WH Smith had book for 4£. The news before the news.
davala
14 Jan 171#7
just finished this book and was a really enjoyable read so will worth paying less than a pound for.
batezy_1984 to davala
14 Jan 17#8
Quality. A HUKD positive review! Glad someone has read it and can vouch for the fact I think it looks good. There's so much negativity and suspicion around everything on here!
great book if you like spy thrillers. finished it in less than a week. Couldn't put it down. just waiting for the next one now!!
diddydavro
14 Jan 17#4
Got it thanks. Have some heat.
batezy_1984
14 Jan 17#3
It's £12.99 for the paperback but being on offer for 98p you can't really not give it a chance. I haven't read it myself yet, I'm not much into fiction but the write up sounds quite good and for 98p ....
adamnsu
14 Jan 17#2
Saw a poster of this at the station. Thought it was a movie. A lot of marketing going on for this book, which I am always skeptical of
Opening post
Currently #no7 in the U.K. Book Charts
(w/e 07/01/17)
https://www.lovereading.co.uk/genre/t10/UK-Top-10.html
Guardian Review:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/12/the-best-recent-thriller-review-roundup
Product Description:
FIND THE TRUTH BEFORE THEY FIND YOU
Marc Dane is a MI6 field agent at home behind a computer screen, one step away from the action. But when a brutal attack on his team leaves Marc as the only survivor - and with the shocking knowledge that there are traitors inside MI6 - he's forced into the front line.
However the evidence seems to point towards Marc as the perpetrator of the attack. Accused of betraying his country, he must race against time to clear his name.
With nowhere to turn to for help and no one left to trust, Marc is forced to rely on the elusive Rubicon group and their operative Lucy Keyes. Ex US Army, Lucy also knows what it's like to be an outsider, and she's got the skills that Marc is sorely lacking.
A terrorist attack is coming, one bigger and more deadly than has ever been seen before. With the eyes of the security establishment elsewhere, only Lucy and Marc can stop the attack before it's too late.
Review:
'An intelligent, likable and, above all, believable hero is faced with a frighteningly credible threat in a thriller that hits the tarmac running and doesn't stop accelerating until its terrifying conclusion.' (Ben Aaronovitch, author of the Sunday Times bestselling PC Peter Grant novels)
Author:
James Swallow is an veteran author and scriptwriter with over 15 years of experience in fiction, television, radio, journalism, new media and video games. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author of 38 novels with over 750,000 books currently in print, in nine different worldwide territories. He was nominated by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) for his writing on the critically acclaimed DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION, 2013's blockbuster videogame with over 2.18 million copies sold.
10 comments