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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Espionage & spy thriller
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Westwind
(Paperback)
Ian Rankin
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R386
R360
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The author of Beyond Enkription and the rest of The Burlington
Files series is Bill Fairclough who was born in England in 1950. In
1978 he founded a niche global intelligence organisation known as
"Faire Sans Dire." The series is based on Bill Fairclough's life
and some of Faire Sans Dire's activities. Beyond Enkription is the
first novel in the series of six novels to be published. The series
covers events involving Bill, his beguiling family and his
double-dealing colleagues ranging from the First World War to 9/11,
the related Nisha incidents and beyond. The series even covers new
revelations about the Edward Snowden affair and has been or is
being written with film adaptation in mind. Nevertheless each book
is or will be a standalone novel albeit each one might comprise
several films and/or television series. The first novel is set in
1974 in the heart of the Cold War. It is about a wayward
accountant, Edward Burlington aka Bill Fairclough. In 1974 he is
unwittingly working as an agent for MI6 by night whilst auditing
beans during the day and is nearly murdered not just once but four
times between March and June 1974. For his own safety Edward is
underhandedly despatched to work as an accountant in Nassau only to
be recruited by the CIA and face more death defying moments in the
Bahamas, Brazil and Haiti before the year's end. Meanwhile his
family are sucked inexorably into the perfidious mess and intrigue
surrounding Edward's double life and their own machinations. The
repercussions of the Burlington family's activities resonate from
Kinshasa to Islamabad via Washington and Westminster and back.
Nothing is what it seems to be in this treacherous novel where
disinformation is the norm. Beyond Enkription is a family yarn and
history; a spy novel and espionage reference book; a mystery and
suspense thriller and more besides: a realistic tale of a dynastic
duplicitous family that knows instinctively the knack of survival.
The brutal opening contrasts well with the tantalising and
duplicitous Prologue yet the physicality of the opening chapter is
arguably far less vicious than the cerebral scheming that ensues.
The book is a distinctive memorable and realistic read full of
captivating characters. Its intertwined plots would have challenged
Aristotle's intellect. So, when you read it, if you don't think so
then you may have lost the plot! As one connoisseur put it
succinctly ... "question everything you assume isn't
disinformation." Critics described Beyond Enkription as "A
compelling, provocative and beguiling spy novel: a must for
connoisseurs ..." and "Brutal ab initio, cerebral thereafter but
forever realistic ..." As for its realism you can always contrast
Bill Fairclough's past on WikiTree or LinkedIn with Edward
Burlington. Just how real can you get? We hope you enjoy reading it
and succeed in differentiating between fact, fiction and
disinformation. Please see http: //www.theburlingtonfiles.org,
http: //www.fairesansdire.org, http:
//uk.linkedin.com/in/billfairclough and http:
//www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Fairclough-119&public=1 for
more information ... assuming the authorities haven't closed down
our websites by now and the other websites haven't tried to
extinguish all evidence of knowledge of The Burlington Files!
When the leader of North Korea is catastrophically injured, his
incapacitation inadvertently triggers a "dead-man's switch,"
activating an army of sleeper agents in South Korea and
precipitating a struggle for succession. Jack Ryan, Jr. is in Seoul
to interview a potential addition to the Campus. But his benign
trip takes a deadly turn when a wave of violence perpetrated by
North Korean operatives grips South Korea's capital. A mysterious
voice from North Korea offers Jack a way to stop the peninsula's
rush to war, but her price may be more than he can afford to pay.
After the killing of Osama Bin Laden, CIA deep cover officer Mitch
Vasari assumed there would be a couple months of peace on the
foreign front. It turns out he was mistaken. President Obama, on a
roll after the successful-and historic-terrorist assassination, has
repealed an executive order that bans further political
assassinations. This means Vasari is on call and ready for action.
The CIA's objective is to go after foreign heads of state who, for
reasons unknown to Vasari, represent threats to American freedom
and safety. The assassinations seem easy to plan and undertake,
especially with Vasari's skillful team at the helm. They even have
a new female agent, Gabriela Rivera Torres, who may be as lethal as
Vasari himself. What could possibly go wrong? Apparently, more than
they bargained for. Vasari gets the feeling the higher-ups haven't
told him everything he needs to know. What are the president's
reasons for going after these particular foreign heads of state? Is
there something about these men that makes them more dangerous than
other world leaders? Are they, perhaps, working as a team to
destroy the United States? Vasari has to carry out his mission and
keep his team safe, all while trying to find out the truth for
himself. It's just another day's work for a CIA officer.
With the goal of a regime-change the Central Intelligence Agency
believed that with Geary's insertion as a senior officer in the
country's military establishment he would be well placed to act as
a CIA NOC - a spy with no official cover. His mission was to
covertly provide intelligence gathered through his unique
friendships with the general officers of the country's Navy, Army
and Air Force. In possession of confidential, compromising and
possibly damaging personal details, the CIA believed that the
military forces of the country could be neutralized if they were
opposed to the regime-change that would be brought about through an
orchestrated coup d'etat planned and paid for by the Agency. In
reward for his spying efforts the CIA offers substantial payments
from a slush-fund that will be paid through a numbered bank account
in an off-shore jurisdiction. Following his refusal to become a spy
for the Agency they embark on a program to discredit him and
repeatedly attempted to kill him. A Deep Throat emerges from the
shadows of Washington who provides information that leads to
exposure of the CIA's nefarious activities through a CNN - Cable
News Network report. Prevailing in his lawsuit against the
Government allowed him to tell the story of the CIA's Venezuelan
Conspiracy brought about because of Oil. The Reverend of Caracas is
a fictionalized version of the saga.
Two young Parthians, brother and sister, are caught up in the great
rivalry between Rome and Parthia in Asia Minor during first century
A.D.. At that time Parthia was Rome's greatest enemy, fightng over
land as well as trade routes to Seres, land of silk. Larius and
Kyra become wards of Rome when their father, a Parthian nobleman,
is killed in battle. In order to save his sister from slavery and
possibly worse, Larius is caught up in political intrigue when he
agrees to become a spy for his would-be benefactor, the Roman
procurator, Publius. From this point on things become more
complicated for both Kyra and Larius. As their lives intertwine
with history, they experience the good and the bad. Most of all,
they survive, heroic and strong. Jack Adler is a widely published
author who teaches UCLA extension classes in Journalism and
writing.
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The Coup
(Hardcover)
John Charles Gifford
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R707
R636
Discovery Miles 6 360
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In 1980, the world is teetering on the edge of darkness. The
president of the Republic of Liberia, Charles Dunbar Cooper, is
preparing to sign a treaty with the Soviet Union that will remove
the presence of America in West Africa and signal the continued
spread of Communism on the continent--an event that both American
and European intelligence agents are working to prevent.
CIA officer Tom Walsh is used to traveling to Monrovia as an
undercover journalist who collects sensitive information--but Walsh
knows this trip will be unlike any before. Assigned to an operation
with French intelligence agent Yvette Dubois to prevent the Soviet
takeover of Liberia, Walsh knows they are under the gun. With just
days to organize key members of the Liberian government and army
and stop President Cooper from traveling to Moscow, Walsh and
Dubois soon find nothing is going as planned.
One of their key players is assassinated while another is
arrested and charged in a series of ritual murders. During a
demonstration in the capital protesting the government crackdown on
human rights, both civilians and soldiers are killed. The
government foils an attempted coup and then must defend itself
against another.
As the oldest republic and the most stable government on the
African continent tumbles headlong into a maelstrom of nightmare
and chaos, sucking in everything within its radius, two spies face
the mission of their lives, leaving them to wonder if either will
make it out alive.
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Gel
(Hardcover)
Lee A. Kolesnikoff
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R635
R579
Discovery Miles 5 790
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Force No One
(Hardcover)
Daniel Charles Ross
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R781
R700
Discovery Miles 7 000
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'A stunning debut novel...It could not be more timely.' - Gavin
Esler Somebody knows where the bodies are buried... Newly-appointed
Minister of State Anne-Marie Gallagher appears to have an
unblemished record. Only she knows the truth. In the early 1990s,
she was embroiled in the IRA's violent past, and integral to a
mission which went disastrously wrong. So far, skeletons have
remained in their closets. But, unknown to Anne-Marie, DCI Jon
Carne has just received an anonymous tip-off. The co-ordinates lead
Carne to a body - badly decomposed after twenty-five years
underground. When news of the discovery reaches Westminster,
Anne-Marie knows that she is at risk of being exposed. And with
Carne closing in, there's not much time for the new minister to
decide how far she'll go to keep her past where it belongs... Power
comes at a price in this sharp, smart political thriller - perfect
for fans of Charles Cumming and Mick Herron. 'A stunning debut
novel from a top TV producer, A Secret Worth Killing For takes us
from the back streets of Belfast during the Troubles to power and
parliament in London. It could not be more timely.' - Gavin Esler
Previously published as Woman of State
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