Invasion
Published on 10. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-552-17874-7 (ISBN)
Description
Discover the explosive new Luke Carlton spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller and BBC security correspondent.
'Everything is impressive in this masterly account . . . Exhilarating' Sunday Times
'Genuinely unnerving and fast-paced . . . highly recommended' Irish Independent
The world is on high alert.
Across the strait from Taiwan, China's armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the People's Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour?
A mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership has some explosive intel that could defuse this geo-political timebomb. But before Britain's Secret Intelligence Service can get hold of the data, the 'collector' sent to recover it is abducted.
As global tensions rise, MI6 operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious information she carries.
With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs and down multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.
Then they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan - a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it's there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on. . .
Drawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and in-depth knowledge of the security services, Frank Gardner has written his most frighteningly real, unnerving and explosive thriller yet.
Praise for Frank Gardner:
'Fast, taut, tense, accurate.' Frederick Forsyth, bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal
'Utterly authentic.' Daily Mail
'Thriller writing of a high order.' Financial Times
'Nerve-shredding.' Tony Parsons, bestselling author of the Max Wolfe series
'Heart-in-mouth.' i-Newspaper
'Compulsively readable.' Radio Times
'Everything is impressive in this masterly account . . . Exhilarating' Sunday Times
'Genuinely unnerving and fast-paced . . . highly recommended' Irish Independent
The world is on high alert.
Across the strait from Taiwan, China's armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the People's Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour?
A mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership has some explosive intel that could defuse this geo-political timebomb. But before Britain's Secret Intelligence Service can get hold of the data, the 'collector' sent to recover it is abducted.
As global tensions rise, MI6 operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious information she carries.
With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs and down multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.
Then they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan - a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it's there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on. . .
Drawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and in-depth knowledge of the security services, Frank Gardner has written his most frighteningly real, unnerving and explosive thriller yet.
Praise for Frank Gardner:
'Fast, taut, tense, accurate.' Frederick Forsyth, bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal
'Utterly authentic.' Daily Mail
'Thriller writing of a high order.' Financial Times
'Nerve-shredding.' Tony Parsons, bestselling author of the Max Wolfe series
'Heart-in-mouth.' i-Newspaper
'Compulsively readable.' Radio Times
Reviews / Votes
Tensions rise to boiling point . . . Gardner cuts to the molten core of a modern flashpoint in an electric thriller. * THE SUN * Everything is impressive in this masterly account . . . exhilarating (if alarming) topicality. * SUNDAY TIMES * A genuinely unnerving and fast-paced race-against-time thriller . . . its potent combination of Tom Clancy-style hi-tech military and naval manoeuvring and a John Le Carre-like espionage thriller rings all too true . . . highly recommended. * IRISH INDEPENDENT * Praise for Frank Gardner * : * Fast, taut, tense, accurate. * Frederick Forsyth * Gardner skilfully mixes knowledge garnered as the BBC's security correspondent with breathless action. * The Times * Thriller writing of a high order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise . . . an enthralling, intelligent read. * Financial Times * Confirms Frank Gardner's place among the pantheon of distinguished reporters who have become excellent thriller writers, including Gerald Seymour and Frederick Forsyth . . . utterly authentic. * Daily Mail * A fast and exciting story rooted in the present horrifying dangers that surround us . . . brimful of an insider's insights . . . reeks of authority. * Gerald Seymour * Combines insider knowledge with heart-in-mouth excitement. * i-Newspaper *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
307 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-552-17874-7 (9780552178747)
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05/2024
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Person
Born in 1961, Frank Gardner has been the BBC's Security Correspondent since 2002. He holds a degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies. In 2004, while filming in Saudi Arabia, he was ambushed by terrorists, shot multiple times and left for dead. He survived and returned to active news reporting within a year. He still travels extensively. Awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to journalism, Frank published his bestselling memoir, Blood and Sand, in 2006. His first novel, the thriller Crisis, which introduced readers to SIS operative Luke Carlton, was a No.1 bestseller. The second Luke Carlton thriller, Ultimatum, was also a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller, as was the third, Outbreak. Frank Gardner lives in London.