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OverviewThe first installment in the legendary Matt Helm thrillers Matt Helm, one-time special agent for the American government during the Second World War, has left behind his violent past to raise a family in Santa Fe, New Mexico. When a former colleague turns rogue and kidnaps his daughter, Helm is forced to return to his former life as a deadly and relentless assassin. Originally released in the era of the James Bond novels, the Matt Helm novels were considered grittier and more realistic than Bond, garnering them critical praise and an ardent audience. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Donald Hamilton , Cassandra De Cuir , Stefan RudnickiPublisher: Skyboat Media Imprint: Skyboat Media Volume: 1 Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 14.70cm Weight: 0.136kg ISBN: 9781483032856ISBN 10: 148303285 Publication Date: 26 August 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA harsh and sometimes shocking story, told with restraint, power, and conviction. -- New York Times A real world with a real character. -- Tom Clancy, New York Times bestselling author Fast, tightly written, brutal, and very good. -- Milwaukee Journal If you have half a dozen thrillers at hand and one is by Donald Hamilton, you can either grab it at once or save it for dessert. -- New York Herald Tribune If President Kennedy is a fan of British secret agent James Bond, he should switch his allegiance to Mat Helm. For there isn't a thing the incredible Bond can do that US agent Helm can't do better. -- Buffalo News This series by Donald Hamilton is the top-ranking American secret agent fare, with its intelligent protagonist and an author who consistently writes with high style. -- Book Week With Matt Helm, Donald Hamilton helped start the spy adventure genre. I welcome the reissue of these books so that readers can experience this mythic hero. -- David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Murder as Fine Art Author InformationDonald Hamilton (1916-2006) was the creator of Matt Helm, star of twenty-seven novels that have sold more than twenty million copies worldwide. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden, attended the University of Chicago, and served in the US Naval Reserve. His writing career began in 1946 with short stories for Collier's and the Saturday Evening Post. His first novel was Date with Darkness, published in 1947, and altogether he published thirty-eight novels. The first Matt Helm novel, Death of a Citizen, was originally published in 1960, at the height of the Cold War. Stefan Rudnicki is an award winning audiobook narrator, director and producer. He was born in Poland and now resides in Studio City, California. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks and has participated in over a thousand as a writer, producer, or director. He is a recipient of multiple Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as a Grammy Award, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Ray Bradbury Award. He received AudioFile's award for 2008 Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Along with a cast of other narrators, Rudnicki has read a number of Orson Scott Card's best-selling science fiction novels. He worked extensively with many other science fiction authors, including David Weber and Ben Bova. In reviewing the twentieth anniversary edition audiobook of Card's Ender's Game, Publishers Weekly stated, Rudnicki, with his lulling, sonorous voice, does a fine job articulating Ender's inner struggle between the kind, peaceful boy he wants to be and the savage, violent actions he is frequently forced to take. Rudnicki is also a stage actor and director. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |