A Spy by Nature

by Charles Cumming (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $4.27

  Alec Milius is young, smart, ambitious and comfortable with deceit. So when a chance encounter leads him to MI6, Alec thinks he's landed the perfect job for his talents. But working alone, relying on instinct, he's soon spinning a web of deception that has him caught between his new masters and powerful opponents. For in his new line of work the difference between the truth and a lie can be the difference between life and death. And Alec is having trouble telling them apart. A Spy by Nature is the calling card of a major new talent; compellingly told, utterly authentic and heart-racingly tense, it will grip you till the very last page.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $4.61

  A richly atmospheric and sophisticated debut espionage thriller. Alec Milius is a young man in a hurry. Desperate to make his mark and with the certainties of the Cold War consigned to history, he's more interested in what doing something for his country can do for him than in what he can do for his country. So when a brief conversation with a friend of his late father leads to an interview with the Secret Intelligence Service, Alec sees a lifeline, investing the role with all his hopes for the future. But at what cost to himself and to those around him...