Games Traitors Play

Author: Jon Stock

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  • : March 2011
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Description

Re-inventing the spy story for the 21st Century. John Le Carre meets Jason Bourne! Salim Dhar is the world's most wanted terrorist. The CIA is under pressure to hunt him down, after he narrowly failed to kill the US president. The borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan are the target of relentless drone strikes. Echelon, the West's intelligence analysis network, is in meltdown, monitoring all channels for the faintest trace of Dhar. But no one can find him. Only Daniel Marchant, renegade MI6 officer, knows where he is. Marchant has been living in Marrakech, listening to the traditional Berber storytellers as they enthral tourists with tales from The Arabian Nights. Marchant believes that Dhar has shunned technology, retreating to old customs:coded messages for Dhar are being embedded in ancient narratives. When a man flees from the square, Marchant pursues him up into the Atlas Mountains, where he sees an unmarked military helicopter take off and head east. Is someone shielding Dhar to perpetrate an act of proxy terrorism on the West? Or is the CIA right when it claims to have killed him? To discover the truth, Marchant must be recruited by Moscow. But Marcus Fielding, erudite Chief of MI6, doubts that his young intelligence officer has the mental strength to be a double agent. It's a role that will require him to believe his late father was a traitor, an allegation that Marchant fought long and hard to dispel. Now he must rekindle those rumours and confront dark truths about his own loyalties. He must also work with Lakshmi Meena, the CIA's beautiful new liaison officer in London. Can he ever trust a woman-or an American-again after being betrayed by her predecessor? As Britain braces itself for an airborne terrorist attack, Marchant survives torture in Morocco and India in his bid to find and stop Dhar. Will family ties ultimately prove more binding than ideology? In an absorbing thriller that combines the nuances of Cold War Le Carre with the ejector-seat excitement of Top Gun, Marchant discovers that treachery is the greatest game of all.

Reviews

Reviews for Dead Spy Running: "Dead Spy Running is a rip-roaring race of a read that never lets up until the finishing tape - and a bit beyond." Robert Goddard "As elegant as le Carre and as cynical as the twenty-first century ! exactly what we need from a spy novel now." Lee Child "A Jason Bourne sweat-fest with George Smiley's brain" - Daily Telegraph "An elegant, unstoppable front runner of a spy thriller" - The Observer "Picks up more or less where Le Carre left off" - The Guardian "A compelling thriller" - Sunday Times "Its deliciously John Buchan-like hero could be chasing the 39 steps" - Daily Mail "As strong as Bourne, as clever as Bond, but with a voice set for Generation Next, Jon Stock has done the impossible in Daniel Marchant and created THE new spy" Stephen Gaghan

Author description

Prior to becoming a writer, Jon Stock was Weekend editor of the Telegraph. He is the author of three novels, 'The Riot Act,' 'The Cardamom Club' and 'Dead Spy Running.' He is also a columnist with The Week magazine in India. He lives in Wiltshire with his wife and three young children.