Java Spider

Archer, Geoffrey

ISBN 10: 0099549514 / ISBN 13: 9780099549512

Published by Arrow, UK, 1997

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Trade Paperback. 440 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Arrow, UK, 1997. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Previous owner's name in ink. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A British minister is a pawn in a deadly game played out in one of the world's most explosive countries - Indonesia. His kidnapping does not fall under British jurisdiction and the authorities in Jakarta claim that he has been seized by a guerrilla movement. But their investigation makes no progress as horrific satellite pictures of him are released on national television. The government sends one man to rescue him - Nick Randall has served in the Far East before. He knows that nothing is as it seems in the land of masks. Greater forces are in play than even he suspects. Together with a lone woman TV reporter he penetrates a remote island, where a powder keg of armed local rebellion is threatening to explode under the repressive regime. *** Quantity Available: 2. Category: Fiction; Thrillers; ISBN: 0099549514. ISBN/EAN: 9780099549512. Inventory No: 23030305. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Seller Inventory # 23030305

Bibliographic Details

Title: Java Spider

Publisher: Arrow, UK

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Edition: Reprint.

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Synopsis:

A British minister is a pawn in a deadly game played out in one of the world's most explosive countries - Indonesia. His kidnapping does not fall under British jurisdiction and the authorities in Jakarta claim that he has been seized by a guerrilla movement. But their investigation makes no progress as horrific satellite pictures of him are released on national television. The government sends one man to rescue him - Nick Randall has served in the Far East before. He knows that nothing is as it seems in the land of masks. Greater forces are in play than even he suspects. Together with a lone woman TV reporter he penetrates a remote island, where a powder keg of armed local rebellion is threatening to explode under the repressive regime.

Review:

"A plot constructed with devilish cunning" (Daily Telegraph)