Timebomb: A Thriller - Hardcover

Seymour, Gerald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590206991 ISBN 13: 9781590206997

Publisher: The Overlook Press, 2012

Synopsis

In 1992, after being fired from a top secret nuclear facility, a KGB operative buried a nuclear suitcase--a dirty bomb. Sixteen years later he has found a buyer. Traveling with the buyer is an undercover agent, working for MI6. But as their shadowy journey begins, it becomes clear that their man is beginning to suffer from Stockholm Syndrome, and the whole operation is very likely to be thrown into jeopardy. Displaying a fast-paced narrative and an in-depth knowledge of international politics, Timebomb is a racing thriller to keep you reading late into the night.

About this title

About the Author:

Gerald Seymour spent 15 years as an international television news reporter with ITN specializing in the subject of terrorism. His first novel was the acclaimed thriller Harry's Game. He has since written 24 novels, six of which have been filmed for television.

From Booklist:

With the collapse of the USSR, a KGB major with 32 years’ service is unceremoniously laid off. Humiliation quickly becomes anger, and before he leaves, he steals a suitcase nuke and buries it in his yard. Years later, destitute, he and a fellow former KGB officer embark on a trip across Russia to deliver the weapon to a buyer. In London, a famously rude and abrasive Secret Intelligence Service officer connects obscure signals and divines what is about to happen. He also takes control of an undercover London cop who is working as a bodyguard for an expat Russian money launderer, a middleman in the deal. Both the cop and the money launderer are emotionally teetering due to the pressure they’re under, and any of these stressed-out players could make or break the transfer of the devastating bomb. Seymour, who is classed with espionage luminaries like Ambler and le Carré, has crafted a convoluted plot and a host of complex and exquisitely tormented characters, but it’s his focus on human frailty that makes Timebomb a winner. --Thomas Gaughan

About this edition

• Publisher: The Overlook Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1590206991
• ISBN 13: 9781590206997
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432