In this feat of imaginative writing, Matthew Frend imagines a world in which the year is 2265 and Earth and its populace is a utopia, free-willed and contented, unlimited in its resources, with a past found in virtually accessible simulations. One such simulation is built around General George S. Pa
Free World
โ Scribed by Jeremy Duns
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK;[distributor] HarperCollins Distribution Services, Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 159 KB
- Edition
- Hbk
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Double agent Paul Dark must confront the ghosts of his past in order to save himself and the world
October, 1969. Moscow. Paul Dark is a broken man. A terrible mistake twenty-four years ago led to him being recruited into Soviet intelligence, but he has paid a heavy price for it. Now locked up in a cell, distrusted even by those he once served, Dark has nothing for company but the ghosts of his past when he is woken in the early hours and taken to a secret location. There, he discovers that the Soviets believe they are about to face a nuclear attack by the West โ and are planning to strike first as a result. Dark realizes at once that the truth of the matter involves the final days of the Second World War, and the final mission he undertook as a loyal British agent.
Now the fate of the entire world rests on the shoulders of one man: a traitor long past his best, who is soon the subject of a massive man-hunt in one of the most repressive regimes in history. Dark needs...
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