A Spy by Nature (Alec Milius) - Hardcover

Cumming, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312366353 ISBN 13: 9780312366353

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2007

Synopsis

This is what they told me a long time ago.
Only make contact in the event of an emergency.
Only telephone if you believe that your position has been fatally compromised.
Under no circumstances are you to approach us unless it is absolutely necessary in order to preserve the security of the operation.
This is the number.

Alec Milius is young, smart, and ambitious.  He also has a talent for deception.  He is working in a dead-end job when a chance encounter leads him to MI6, the elite British Secret Intelligence Service, handing him an opportunity to play center-stage in a dangerous game of espionage.
In his new line of work, Alec finds that the difference between the truth and a lie can mean the difference between life and death—and he is having trouble telling them apart.  Isolated and exposed, he must play a role in which the slightest glance or casual remark can seem heavy with unintended menace.  Caught between British and American Intelligence, Alec finds himself threatened and alone, unable to confide in even his closest friend.  His life as a spy begins to exact a terrible price, both on himself and on those around him.
Richly atmospheric and chillingly plausible, A Spy By Nature announces the arrival of British author Charles Cumming as heir apparent to masters like John le Carré and Len Deighton.  A bestseller in England, it’s the gripping story of a young man driven by ruthless ambition who finds himself chasing not just success, but survival.

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A Spy by Nature This is what they told me a long time ago.Only make contact in the event of an emergency.Only telephone if you believe that your position has been fatally compromised.Under no circumstances are you to approach us unless it is absolutely necessary in order to preserve the security of the operation.This is the number.Alec Milius is young, smart, and ambitious.  He also has a talent for deceptio... Full description

Review:

'A gripping tale of international espionage.' -- Financial News

'An intense study of the world of espionage. Cumming ventures calmly and collectedly into the spy's psyche.' -- Daily Mirror

'Gripping, exciting and deftly plotted...a book one would be seriously annoyed to put down.' -- Sunday Telegraph

'Plotting both plausible and persuasive, with horrors which mount stealthily behind a veneer of seemingly straightforward cloak-and-dagger games. Don't miss.' -- Literary Review

'Tautly written and believable...a complex tale of code words, betrayal of frienship, bluff and counterbluff...Cumming writes it like it is.' -- Mail on Sunday

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312366353
• ISBN 13: 9780312366353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320