The Break Line - Softcover

Brabazon, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718189558 ISBN 13: 9780718189556

Publisher: Penguin, 2019

Synopsis

Fans of Andy McNab, Orphan X and Frederick Forsyth, will love this unputdownable and action-packed debut thriller.

'BREATHLESS, COMPLEX, AND SERIOUSLY HARDCORE - DON'T PLAN TO SLEEP TONIGHT' Lee Child
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Officially, Max McLean doesn't exist.

The British government denies all knowledge of the work he does on their behalf to keep us safe. But Max and his masters are losing faith in each other. And they've given him one last chance to prove he's still their man.

Sent to a military research facility to meet a former comrade-in-arms, Max finds the bravest man he ever knew locked up for his own protection. His friend lost his mind during an operation in West Africa. The reason? Absolute mortal terror.

Max is determined to find out why.

Ahead lies a perilous, breathtaking mission into the unknown that will call into question everything that Max once believed in.

Acting alone, without back-up, Max lands in Sierra Leone with his friend's last words ringing in his ears: 'They're coming, Max. They're coming . . .'

The Break Line is a debut dripping with authenticity and menace. Packed with irresistible set pieces and jaw-dropping plot twists, this is a thriller like no other.
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'The Break Line delivers a full-throttle exercise in tension' Crimetime

'A riveting page-turner, a gruesome delight, and a study of what lies in the shadowed corners of the human heart' Gregg Hurwitz, author of ORPHAN X

'A thriller of an unusually classy calibre. Eloquently written, intensively researched . . . Brabazon has crafted hugely gripping, thought-provoking yarn' Financial Times

'A taut, razor-edged thriller, packed with granular detail and authenticity' JAMES SWALLOW, author of NOMAD

'It's so twisty and multilayered it would be easy to imagine it as a computer game.' Mail on Sunday

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Review:

A thriller of an unusually classy calibre. Eloquently written, intensively researched ... Brabazon has crafted hugely gripping, thought-provoking yarn, grounding its outlandish elements in solid realism and vivid characterisation (Financial Times)

The Break Line delivers a full-throttle exercise in tension (Crimetime)

The Break Line is a distillation of a quarter of a century of travel with a camera in one and and a notebook in the other. Set in Sierra Leone, it sees Special Forces veteran Mac McLean on a mission that is non-routine even by his own black ops standards . . . It's so twisty and multilayered it would be easy to imagine it as a computer game. (Mail on Sunday)

Echoes of Joseph Conrad & Frederick Forsyth's Dogs of War: not for the faint-hearted, as ferocious a portrait of an assassin as you will find (Daily Mail)

Veteran war correspondent Brabazon brings his experience of the world's most dangerous places to this brutally compelling thriller . . . Andy McNab meets Heart of Darkness (Mail on Sunday)

A natural-born writer . . . strong, lucid, non-stop suspense (Ted Bell New York Times Bestselling author of Overkill)

The Break Line punches you in the stomach on the first page and then plunges you into the most extraordinary and exciting world of covert operations that I have ever read . I have worked in those places and covered those wars... Brabazon's novel gets it exactly right. With a terrifyingly precise eye and an irresistible prose style, he has creates a world that is almost impossible to leave. I finished the book three days ago and feel like I'm still waiting for the choppers to come take me home... (Sebastian Junger)

A taut, razor-edged thriller, packed with granular detail and authenticity (James Swallow, author of Nomad)

Beautifully written and extensively researched, The Break Line is a riveting page-turner, a gruesome delight, and a study of what lies in the shadowed corners of the human heart (Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X)

Brimming with authenticity, tightly plotted and beautifully written ... The Break Line is a belter of a thriller (Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle)

About the Author:

James Brabazon is an award-winning frontline journalist and documentary filmmaker. Based in London, he has travelled in over seventy countries, investigating, filming and directing in the world's most hostile environments. His awards include the Rory Peck Trust International Impact Award, the Rory Peck Freelancer's choice Award, the IDA Courage Under Fire Award and the FPA's TV News Story of the Year. He has made over thirty films broadcast by the BBC, Channel 4, HBO, CNN and the Discovery Channel. He lectures on the ethics and practicalities of reporting from war zones and his reportage has been published in the Observer and the Guardian. He is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir My Friend the Mercenary. The Break Line is his first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0718189558
• ISBN 13: 9780718189556
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384