Private Wars: A Queen & Country Novel

Rucka, Greg

ISBN 10: 0553802771 / ISBN 13: 9780553802771

Published by Bantam Dell Pub Group, New York City, 2005

About this Item

First Printing of a numbered edition (69 of 500). Signed by author on Publisher's numbered "Queen & Country" bookplate attached to front pastedown. Red and black paper boards with silver foil stamped spine. FINE condition. Flaws: very light bumping to top spine edge and one shelf-scuffing mark on rear board. NO other flaws - NO markings throughout - NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ has NO flaws. Price intact: $24.00.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Private Wars: A Queen & Country Novel
• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, New York City
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553802771
• ISBN 13: 9780553802771
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Only Greg Rucka, the thriller genre’s most fearless writer, would dare create a spy so edgy, so explosive, so extreme, she should be rated X.

Tara Chace was once the most dangerous woman alive. And now that the international spy network thinks she’s as good as dead, she’s even more dangerous than ever.

Only one thing could coax Tara back into the game: a chance to vindicate herself. The torture and execution of Dina Malikov has set off a cutthroat grab for power in strategically crucial Uzbekistan. Tara’s job is to slip into the country and extract Dina’s pro-Western husband and their young son before they are murdered—by his ruthless sister.

But there are a couple of wild cards in the deck, including a missing mobile weapons system that can bring down a commercial airliner, not to mention powerful political careers. Now, as she vanishes into hostile territory with a man who may or may not be what he seems, Tara is going to find out that the war on terror is more terrifying than anyone knows. For in a battle where betrayal is a conventional weapon, loyalty is a weakness, and anyone—even a child—is a legitimate target: it’s every spy, every woman, for herself.

Combine a thriller that defies every expectation with a heroine for whom nothing is out of bounds, and the result is Private Wars, a suspense novel so explosively realistic, it should be classified.

About the Author

Born in San Francisco, Greg Rucka was raised on the Monterey Peninsula. He is the author of Private Wars, A Gentleman’s Game, and six previous thrillers, as well as numerous comic books, including the Eisner Award—winning Whiteout: Melt. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his family.