Free Country - Hardcover

DUNS, Jeremy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847374441 ISBN 13: 9781847374448

Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2010

Synopsis

Where do you run when both sides want you dead?

It is May 1969, and MI6 double agent Paul Dark stands alongside mourners at the funeral of Sir Colin Templeton; the former head of the organisation, the man he knew simply as 'Chief' -- and the man he killed in cold blood. Dark has got away with it, evading the attentions of both his fellow British spies and the KGB operatives to whom he long ago pledged loyalty. But that precarious security is about to be shattered, launching Dark back into the heart of an international conspiracy and making him a target for both exposure and assassination. Desperate to escape his predicament, Dark gambles everything on one last throw of the dice, exposing his Soviet handler to the British. But before long, he finds he has no choice but to go on the run again, taking him to the labyrinthine backstreets of Rome. The race is on to stop a deadly plot that dates back to the early years of the Cold War.

The second part of the Paul Dark trilogy, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Free Agent, Free Country is another sweat-soaked Sixties-set spy thriller in the tradition of Len Deighton and Frederick Forsyth.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeremy Duns is British, but currently lives and works in Stockholm.

Review:

'With its subtly deployed late-60s detail, Free Country is a treat for fans of traditional Len Deighton-style spy thrillers.' Guardian 21/08 Jeremy Dun's Free Country is a blast from the past in an altogether different vein: a taut and tortured exploration of betrayal on the national, ideological and personal levels simultaneously. The aptly named Paul Dark -- already revealed as a Soviet double agent within MI6 in Free Agent, the first of this evolving trilogy -- now finds himself promoted to deputy chief of the service but at the same time a target for both his past and present masters. Almost murdered by a sniper at the memorial service for the previous chief -- whom nobody realises that he himself gunned down -- he is sent to Italy to hunt a Moscow-backed movement planning Europe-wide terror attacks. But are they really? Dark rapidly realises that he is under suspicion from all sides, while the people who he is supposed to be hunting may not be what he is told they are. Captured, beaten and threatened with death by his staff, he discovers a conspiracy that has roots in his own past and threatens the future of Europe. A cleverly twisted tale of intrigue and deception, this is a masterly excursion back to the bad old days of the Cold War. Or were they the good old days? The Times 'An homage to the morally ambiguous Sixties thrillers of Le Carre and Deighton... nuanced to the hilt' Telegraph 'A taut and tortured exploration of betrayal...A cleverly twisted tale of intrigue and deception, this is a masterly excursion back to the bad old days of the Cold War. ' Peter Millar, The Times 01/9

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847374441
• ISBN 13: 9781847374448
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 324