A former French Foreign Legionary infiltrates a Russian penal colony as he tracks down a mercenary killer. A high-octane modern-day international thriller from the author of Night Flight to Paris.
David Gilman has enjoyed many careers, including paratrooper, firefighter, and photographer. An award-winning author and screenwriter, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Master of War series of historical novels, and was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for The Last Horseman. He was longlisted for the same prize for The Englishman, the first book featuring ex-French Foreign Legionnaire Dan Raglan. David lives in Devon. Follow David on @davidgilmanuk, www.davidgilman.com, and facebook.com/davidgilman.author
The pace is relentless, the action and fight scenes superbly
choreographed and Raglan is nicely complex: an action man with
inner depths... A cracking, finely crafted thriller'
*Financial Times*
The Englishman is electrifying proof that high-tension
international thrillers are back – and with an absolute
vengeance
*William Shaw, author of Deadland*
Fight scenes, car chases, sex romps, lots of foreign locations and
dead goons, and even a Bondesque escape by snowmobile... Vivid and
inventive'
*Sunday Times*
Full of thrills
*Literary Review*
The pulse-pounding pace just never lets up
*Peter May, bestsellling author of Lockdown*
A sweat-inducing tour de force
*The Times*
Verve, pace, shocks and intrigue, this is spy thriller writing by
an author at the zenith of his powers
*Peter James*
A pulse-pounding thriller in the mould of the Terry Hayes
bestseller, I Am Pilgrim
*Scottish Field*
This spy thriller will get your heart racing... [An] action-packed
thriller!'
*My Weekly.*
A tightly plotted, very well told tale of clandestine campaigns,
violent revenge and murky dealings at all levels
*SciFi Bulletin.*
This non-stop cat and mouse thriller circumnavigates the globe and
a cornucopia of action... The Englishman is very good on detail and
credible background, the novel has an enigmatic and intriguing hero
and excites from page one to a very satisfying end'
*Crime Time*
Discover full-on heart-pounding action, plus smart, sharp writing
in this absolute reading feast of a book... This is the first in
what promises to be a smash-hit spy thriller series and I already
can't wait for the next book... Shockwaves of action expanded and
the storyline tripped me with unexpected developments. Even though
I had read the prologue, the ending still came with a whammy'
*LoveReading*
The action is furiously paced... I thoroughly enjoyed this well
written and absolute page turner. It cries out for a sequel. Wholly
recommended'
*Woman's Way*
The narrative goes at breakneck speed but between the action Gilman
slowly and deftly unveils Raglan's back-story
*Financial Times*
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