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<p>Bestselling author Frederick Forsyth follows the success of his latest work, The Negotiator, with this major thriller rich in color and suspense. Longtime British Intelligence ...</p><h3>Kirkus Reviews</h3><p>Forsyth's stalwart tribute to the spies who came in from the cold: four thriller-novellas featuring the intrigues of British superagent Sam McCready. With the cold war over, the Foreign Office has decided to retire its veteran spies, beginning with McCready, the "deceiver"—head of Britain's disinformation desk since 1983. McCready balks, demanding a hearing at which his assistant relates four of McCready's most daring exploits. The first and longest, "Pride and Extreme Prejudice," is at once the most suspenseful and melancholic. Here, McCready, having "turned" a top Russian general, sends spy-pal Bruno Morenz into East Germany to accept the Russian's latest gift—the Soviet Army War Book; but, unknown to McCready, Morenz has just killed a cheating mistress and is cracking up. When the East Germans catch on to Morenz, who panics into hiding, McCready must sneak across the Iron Curtain, find Morenz, retrieve the book, and deal—irrevocably—with his frien
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- Author
- Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-
- Publisher
- New York : Bantam Books
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780553297423
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thrillers
- Rating
- 3.96 / 5 (6,988 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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