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Sam McCready is The Deceiver, one of the Secret Intelligence Service's most unorthodox and most valued operatives, a legend in his own time. The end of the cold war has, however, strengthened the hand of the Whitehall mandarins, to whom he seems about as controllable as Genghis Khan, so Sam is to have his fate decided at a special hearing.

As part of the proceedings, four of Sam's key operations are reviewed: a clandestine mission into East Germany in 1985 to contact the top Russian spy General Pankratin; a KGB colonel who wants to defect; an audacious Qaddafi-inspired plot to ship arms to the IRA; and the occasion when McCready presided over the aftermath of political murder and mayhem in the Caribbean.

©1992 Frederick Forsyth (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Espionage Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense China Russia Cold War
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Despite its length the story kept me hooked, listening whenever I could. Absolutely brilliant from start to end.

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it's really 4 short stories with the same linking character. But great fun and easy listening.

classic FF

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very good but old fashioned style , different stories broke it up and was well narrated.

Old style writing

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who's had his time! Narrator is engaging and pleasant to hear! Just right amount of detail!

Great listen to exploits of an agent

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As usual Forsyth never disappoints, if only more authors like him. The narration and pace very enjoyable and the different stories made it possible to stop listening and do some work very reluctantly. You won’t be disappointed with this book

Engrossing

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