Hold Fast: A Novel (Vol. Book 1) (A Thomas Grey Novel)
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4.1 • 62 Ratings
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- $12.99
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Publisher Description
A desperate sea battle; a fortune risked on the turn of a card; a duel at dawn with the loser…Patrick O’Brian meets James Bond.
It’s 1803. The Napoleonic Wars are raging, Britain is on her heels, and His Majesty’s Secret Service has just lost its best agent, Thomas Grey. Deeply depressed by his wife’s untimely death, Grey resigns from the service and accepts an offer to join a lumber firm in Boston. But when a sea battle with a privateer forces the ship carrying him west to make port in neutral Portugal, Grey is approached with a counteroffer: become a wealthy man by selling out Britain’s spy network to France. The French take Grey for a disgruntled ex–naval officer, blithely unaware that Grey had lost his wife to an unlucky shot from a French cannon.
Now, after many years serving King and Country, Grey seizes the opportunity to fight a covert war of his own. He travels to Paris, and—playing the part of the invaluable turncoat the French believe him to be—proceeds to infiltrate the highest levels of Napoleon’s government. If he can outwit his handlers, outmatch his French counterparts, and outrun Napoleon’s secret police, Grey may just avenge his wife’s death and turn the tide of war in England’s favor. Bursting with action and intrigue, Hold Fast sends readers headlong into an unrelenting spy thriller.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Imagine sailing across the Atlantic at the height of the Napoleonic wars, as warships hide just beyond the horizon. J.H. Gelernter’s taut historical thriller is full of high-seas intrigue, action, and danger. After French soldiers kill his wife, Thomas Grey leaves the British Secret Service to start a new life in America. But when the French navy hijacks his vessel, Thomas seizes the opportunity to infiltrate Napoleon’s army and personally take his revenge. Gelernter’s brisk prose put us right in the thick of the action, from fencing duels to tense standoffs where the stakes are life or death. His impeccable research fills the story with fascinating everyday details—who knew a conversation about wig etiquette could reveal your political beliefs? If you love reading maritime adventures, meet your new favorite book.
