{"product_id":"2026100012331-secondhand-the-parsifal-mosaic","title":"The Parsifal Mosaic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a CIA field agent watches his lover — a fellow operative — gunned down on a Czech beach, he believes it to be a tragic but routine end to a blown cover; what Michael Havelock cannot know is that the woman he saw die is still very much alive, and that her resurrection will drag him into the most terrifying conspiracy of the Cold War era. The Parsifal Mosaic is a relentless, globe-spanning thriller that pits a burned-out intelligence professional against the shadowy apparatus of his own government, as he uncovers a doomsday plot that could trigger nuclear annihilation — all while questioning every truth he has ever been told.\n\nRobert Ludlum, the undisputed master of the Cold War espionage novel, constructs his narrative with the precision of a Swiss watch and the propulsive force of a runaway train. The novel dissects the moral bankruptcy at the heart of the intelligence world, arguing that the greatest threats to civilisation are not external enemies, but the zealots and ideologues embedded within the institutions sworn to protect it. Rich with double-crosses, shifting allegiances, and Ludlum's signature breakneck pacing, this is a work that holds the reader in an iron grip from the first page to the last — and leaves an unsettling question lingering long after the final revelation: who, in a world built on deception, can ever truly be trusted?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022674690267,"sku":"2026100012331-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/533b1ce0-eb7d-47ea-947d-42a2db545a33.png?v=1793665476","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012331-secondhand-the-parsifal-mosaic","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}