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*Icarus 17, the fourth book in the gripping Lachlan Kite thriller series is available to pre-order now!* The second book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert intelligence organization that operates below the radar. A spy in one of the most dangerous places on Earth… 1993: Student Lachlan Kite is sent to Russia by secret intelligence agency BOX 88. To the outside world, he is there as a language teacher. In reality, he is there as a spy. But Kite’s mission soon goes wrong and he is left stranded with a former KGB officer on his trail.   An old enemy looking for revenge… 2020: Kite discovers he has been placed on the ‘JUDAS’ list –enemies of Russia who have been targeted for assassination. His only hope of survival is to confront the Russian secret state head on…   Who will come out on top in this deadly game of cat and mouse? ‘Judas 62 has all you could want from a tense, topical and intelligent spy thriller’ The Times Books of the Year

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'The storytelling is first-rate, with all the minutiae of spycraft, sense of place and memorable supporting characters you could wish for' Sunday Times 'Tense and topical, this has all you could want from an intelligent contemporary spy thriller' The Times 'The first Kite novel was excellent, but this is even better - an elegant exposition of what being a spy in the field actually feels like and the fear it can instil in even the most hardened operator. Superbly constructed, it never hurries, but evokes the world of espionage in a way the late John le Carre would have much admired' Daily Mail 'Some of the best writing around on the intricacies of spycraft and the high price agents pay for doing their job' Sun 'Judas 62 has all you could want from a tense, topical and intelligent spy thriller' The Times 'Intelligent, relevant and engrossing' NB Magazine 'Cumming adroitly portrays Kite's inner life...nail-biting' Financial Times ' Cumming knows his stuff and has done his research, giving the novel an admirably authoritative air' The Literary Review 'Charles Cumming knows how to write a good spy novel' The Herald 'The gold standard in espionage fiction' Kirkus Praise for Charles Cumming: 'Charles Cumming is up there with the very best espionage writers' Ian Rankin 'A wonderful spy novel; Charles Cumming's most ambitious - and his best - yet' Mick Herron 'Atmospheric and full of sharply realised characters' Sunday Times 'Excellent' Anthony Horowitz 'With a lavish sprinkling of Bond and more than a teaspoonful of the Circus, this is a high-quality spy story' Daily Mail 'All the hallmarks of the finest spy thriller' Charlotte Philby, acclaimed author of A Double Life 'An enviably sharp-eyed and satisfying read. Great!' Henry Porter, author of Firefly

'The storytelling is first-rate, with all the minutiae of spycraft, sense of place and memorable supporting characters you could wish for' Sunday Times 'Tense and topical, this has all you could want from an intelligent contemporary spy thriller' The Times 'The first Kite novel was excellent, but this is even better - an elegant exposition of what being a spy in the field actually feels like and the fear it can instil in even the most hardened operator. Superbly constructed, it never hurries, but evokes the world of espionage in a way the late John le Carre would have much admired' Daily Mail 'Some of the best writing around on the intricacies of spycraft and the high price agents pay for doing their job' Sun 'Cumming adroitly portrays Kite's inner life...nail-biting' Financial Times 'The gold standard in espionage fiction' Kirkus Praise for Charles Cumming: 'The talented Cumming comes up with a spy for the 21st century in Lachlan Kite' Daily Mail, Books of the Year 'A wonderfully taut, exciting and up-to-date spy thriller' Spectator, Books of the Year 'An ambitious fusion of coming-of-age novel and gripping espionage thriller' Financial Times, Books of the Year 'Charles Cumming is up there with the very best espionage writers' Ian Rankin 'A wonderful spy novel; Charles Cumming's most ambitious - and his best - yet' Mick Herron 'Atmospheric and full of sharply realised characters' Sunday Times 'Excellent' Anthony Horowitz 'With a lavish sprinkling of Bond and more than a teaspoonful of the Circus, this is a high-quality spy story' Daily Mail 'All the hallmarks of the finest spy thriller' Charlotte Philby, acclaimed author of A Double Life 'An enviably sharp-eyed and satisfying read. Great!' Henry Porter, author of Firefly

'The storytelling is first-rate, with all the minutiae of spycraft, sense of place and memorable supporting characters you could wish for' Sunday Times Praise for the BOX 88 series: 'The talented Cumming comes up with a spy for the 21st century in Lachlan Kite' Daily Mail, Books of the Year 'A wonderfully taut, exciting and up-to-date spy thriller' Spectator, Books of the Year 'An ambitious fusion of coming-of-age novel and gripping espionage thriller' Financial Times, Books of the Year 'Charles Cumming is up there with the very best espionage writers' Ian Rankin 'A wonderful spy novel; Charles Cumming's most ambitious - and his best - yet' Mick Herron 'Atmospheric and full of sharply realised characters' Sunday Times 'Excellent' Anthony Horowitz 'With a lavish sprinkling of Bond and more than a teaspoonful of the Circus, this is a high-quality spy story' Daily Mail 'This clever thriller about loss of innocence and the consequences of spying totally rings true' Sun 'Charles Cumming writes with intelligence, grace, and stunning verisimilitude' Gregg Hurwitz 'Great work from Charles Cumming with a multi-layered plotline and an engaging hero' James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of Nomad 'A layered and seamlessly constructed story with all the hallmarks of the finest spy thriller' Charlotte Philby, acclaimed author of A Double Life 'An enviably sharp-eyed and satisfying read. Great!' Henry Porter, author of Firefly 'A fast-paced story' Holly Watt, author of To the Lions 'Utterly gripping. A great new spy hero is born' Amanda Craig, author of The Golden Rule

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"Charles Cumming was born in Scotland in 1971. He was educated at Eton and graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1994 with First Class Honours in English Literature. The Observer has described him as ""the best of the new generation of British spy writers who are taking over where John le Carré and Len Deighton left off"". In the summer of 1995, Charles was approached for recruitment by the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). A year later he moved to Montreal where he began working on a novel based on his experiences with MI6. A Spy By Nature was published in the UK in 2001."

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