A richly atmospheric and sophisticated debut espionage thriller. Alec Milius is a young man in a hurry. Desperate to make his mark and with the certainties of the Cold War consigned to history, he's more interested in what doing something for his country can do for him than in what he can do for his country. So when a brief conversation with a friend of his late father leads to an interview with the Secret Intelligence Service, Alec sees a lifeline, investing the role with all his hopes for the future. But at what cost to himself and to those around him...
- ISBN10 0312366353
- ISBN13 9780312366353
- Publish Date 10 July 2007 (first published 31 May 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 July 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 355
- Language English