Mills
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped and worn with some minor damage to edges and corners. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A gripping Cold War espionage thriller, this novel puts its protagonist Mills at the centre of an international intelligence crisis, with the KGB, CIA, and MI6 all scrambling to extract a highly sensitive chemical formula — LSD25 — from a man who refuses to give it up. Manning O'Brine constructs a tense and atmospheric narrative driven by shadowy tradecraft, ideological rivalry, and the moral complexities of loyalty under extreme pressure. The story unfolds with the paranoid urgency characteristic of the best spy fiction of its era, pitting institutional power against one man's stubborn silence. With echoes of le Carré's moral ambiguity and the procedural tension of Deighton, it presents a world where scientific knowledge becomes the ultimate weapon and trust is the rarest commodity of all.
Author: Manning O'Brine
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped and worn with some minor damage to edges and corners. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A gripping Cold War espionage thriller, this novel puts its protagonist Mills at the centre of an international intelligence crisis, with the KGB, CIA, and MI6 all scrambling to extract a highly sensitive chemical formula — LSD25 — from a man who refuses to give it up. Manning O'Brine constructs a tense and atmospheric narrative driven by shadowy tradecraft, ideological rivalry, and the moral complexities of loyalty under extreme pressure. The story unfolds with the paranoid urgency characteristic of the best spy fiction of its era, pitting institutional power against one man's stubborn silence. With echoes of le Carré's moral ambiguity and the procedural tension of Deighton, it presents a world where scientific knowledge becomes the ultimate weapon and trust is the rarest commodity of all.