Spy Games
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
In a world of lies, one man wants the truth.
Journalist Philip Mangan is trying to stay out of trouble in East Africa, his reputation and his life in tatters. But when he is caught in a terrorist attack in East Africa and a shadowy Chinese figure approaches him in the dead of night with information on the origins of the attack, Mangan is suddenly back in the eye of the storm.
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away on a humid Hong Kong night, a key British Intelligence source is murdered minutes after meeting spy Trish Patterson. From Washington, D.C. to the hallowed halls of Oxford University and dusty African streets, a sinister power is stirring, one which will use Mangan and Patterson as pawns -- if they survive.
Deeply steeped in tension and paranoia, Adam Brookes's second novel is a remarkable, groundbreaking spy thriller.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Brookes's intricately plotted sequel to 2014's Night Heron finds Philip Mangan, foreign correspondent and part-time spy, in Ethiopia looking into a story about how the Chinese are influencing African politics. Shortly after he's almost killed in a cafe bombing, Mangan receives secret intelligence information from a Chinese traitor. When he turns this over to the U.K.'s Secret Intelligence Service, the SIS welcomes Mangan's help, and he's given new training and the job of running the valuable Chinese agent. At first the operation goes well, with Mangan getting info on a secret fighter aircraft and new laser weapons, but infighting among the leaders of the Chinese government, a flurry of double and triple crosses, and perfidy among those he considers friends lead to disaster. The not always convincing conflict between competing Chinese factions slows the action in places, but Brookes shows that his impressive debut was no fluke, and readers will look forward to Mangan's next adventure.
