Dark Arena

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2024
Edition: First Edition

Description: 436 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A high-stakes thriller that could be ripped from todays headlines from the bestselling author of The Frenchman.Alec de Payns, espionage operative of the Y Division of the DGSE, Frances famed foreign intelligence service, is tasked with tracking down an agent of influence sending highly classified material against the Kremlin to embassies all over Europe.A deadly conspiracy is aligning the West against Russia. But who is behind it And to what endThe clues lead to a secret meeting of businessmen, terrorists and mercenaries on a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean, which de Payns must infiltrate. What he discovers sets off a Europe-wide manhunt in a desperate scramble to prevent an international catastrophe.Former DGSE spy Jack Beaumonts Dark Arena is another chillingly plausible thriller delivering all the taut plotting, superb action and authentic spycraft that made The Frenchman a critically acclaimed bestseller.If it wasnt for my background, I would have said that this was fiction, but knowing what I know, Dark Arena is as real and as deeply disturbing as a world I once knew. - Ant Middleton, former UK Special ForcesA rollicking good read. Espionage skills abound in each fast-paced chapter. Lovers of spy novels are in for a treat another exciting glimpse into contemporary yet fictional intelligence work. - Paul Symon AO, former Director-General, Australian Secret Intelligence Service

ISBN: 9781761066689