{"product_id":"3097wkr4isp8","title":"Invasion by Frank  Gardner [Paperback]","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE NEW LUKE CARLTON THRILLER.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBBC Security Correspondent FRANK GARDNER'S thrillers are . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Fast, taut, tense, accurate.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFREDERICK FORSYTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etterly authentic.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Enthralling, intelligent.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Nerve-shredding.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTONY PARSONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Heart-in-mouth.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ei-NEWSPAPER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCompulsively readable.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRADIO TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe world is on high alert.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBritain’s Secret Intelligence Service has a mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership – an individual in possession of intel that could defuse this fast-escalating situation. A ‘collector’ is sent to meet the spy and, in an anonymous Hong Kong café, the information is handed over. But before the collector can get the data to MI6, she is overpowered, drugged and abducted by persons unknown. Is it the MSS, China’s feared state security agency? Or has another, less predictable player entered the game?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs geo-political tensions rise, MI6 field operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious intel she carries. With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs and multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ereally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e going on. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Grips from the very first page . . . this is thriller writing of a high order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise to make an enthralling, intelligent read.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdam LeBor, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOutbreak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48329445081338,"sku":"3097WKR4ISP8","price":425.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/3097WKR4ISP8_1.jpg?v=1748606097","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/3097wkr4isp8","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}