Arkhangel

The brutally authentic, tense and terrifying thriller from bestselling author and frontline journalist James Brabazon

'Totally James Bond' THE TIMES

Officially, Max McLean doesn't exist.

An off-the-books assassin for the British government, he operates alone.

But when a routine hit goes badly wrong, a cryptic note on a $100 bill prised from his target's dead fingers suggests there's more to the mission than meets the eye.

Is someone from Max's former life trying to send him a message?

From Paris to Jerusalem and on to the frozen wastes of north-west Russia, Max is forced into a desperate race for the truth - with unknown enemies determined to stop him at any cost.

And when the secret coded into the banknote is finally revealed, only one thing is certain: with the fate of the world in his possession, failure is not an option . . .

A razor-sharp action thriller with the raw inventiveness of I Am Pilgrim and the breathless pace of movies like John Wick and James Bond, Arkhangel sees James Brabazon stake his claim alongside Lee Child, David Baldacci and Gregg Hurwitz as a master of the genre.

Praise for James Brabazon

'Don't plan on sleeping' Lee Child

'A full-throttle exercise in tension' CRIMETIME

'A thriller of an unusually classy calibre' Financial Times

'Outstanding . . . I couldn't put this book down' Andy McNab

Thrillerul brutal de autentic, tensionat si terifiant de la autorul de bestseller-uri si jurnalistul de prima linie James Brabazon ,,Totally James Bond" TIMPUL Oficial, Max McLean nu exista. Un asasin necunoscut pentru guvernul britanic, el opereaza singur. Lovitura de rutina merge prost, o nota criptica pe o bancnota de 100 de dolari apreciata de degetele moarte ale tintei sale sugereaza ca in misiune este mai mult decat se vede. Incearca cineva din viata anterioara a lui Max sa-i trimita un mesaj? De la Paris la Ierusalim si mai departe. deseurile inghetate din nord-vestul Rusiei, Max este fortat intr-o cursa disperata pentru adevar - cu dusmani necunoscuti hotarati sa-l opreasca cu orice pret. Si cand secretul codificat in bancnota este in sfarsit dezvaluit, un singur lucru este sigur: cu soarta lumii in posesia lui, esecul nu este o optiune .