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While in England on an unsanctioned assignment, Sean Garrett witnesses the shooting of a distinguished Cambridge professor by elite contract killer David Laurent. With his cover blown, Garrett is on the run from an assassin desperate to erase his tracks, and authorities who believe he is responsible for the murder. Banastre Montjoy, a burned-out head of section at the Secret Intelligence Service, is in a race himself to discover if the scholar's death is linked to a bombing of the London Underground a year earlier. Montjoy's nemesis, the power-hungry and scheming Berwyn Rees, seeks to drum his rival out of MI6, while maneuvering to become deputy chief. With time running out, SOG operators Tre Ward and Brian Bishop are sent in by the CIA to locate and extract Garrett. As Laurent, MI5, and Scotland Yard close in on their target, Montjoy uncovers a secret that someone inside the British government has sought to keep buried since World War II.

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An explosive thriller full of engaging dialogue and action. Hunter's tale is deliciously complex, but surprisingly easy to follow...the ending scene, all the way to the closing sentence, is extraordinary. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A fast-paced, skillfully constructed international thriller...amazingly complex and often riveting. - The Booklife Prize Extraordinary...a gloriously rich debut thriller...tailor-made for fans of John Le Carre, Alan Furst, and Daniel Silva. - Best Thrillers A simmering, often searing debut thriller. This classic spy novel's twisty plot, dubious operatives, and shocking betrayals should offer great delights to fans of John Le Carre, Graham Greene or Daniel Silva...Added to Hunter's crisp prose, compelling characters and nimble plotting, this book is worth reading again for the sheer pleasure of the chase. - BlueInk Review (starred review)

An explosive thriller full of engaging dialogue and action. Hunter's tale is deliciously complex, but surprisingly easy to follow...the ending scene, all the way to the closing sentence, is extraordinary. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A fast-paced, skillfully constructed international thriller...amazingly complex and often riveting. - The Booklife Prize Extraordinary...a gloriously rich debut thriller...tailor-made for fans of John Le Carre, Alan Furst, and Daniel Silva. - Best Thrillers A simmering, often searing debut thriller. This classic spy novel's twisty plot, dubious operatives, and shocking betrayals should offer great delights to fans of John Le Carre, Graham Greene or Daniel Silva...Added to Hunter's crisp prose, compelling characters and nimble plotting, this book is worth reading again for the sheer pleasure of the chase. - BlueInk Review (starred review)

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William Hunter has a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge. He has lived in Switzerland, Germany, Scotland, and England, and now resides in the mountains of North Carolina. Sanction is his debut novel.

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