Consequence Of Fear
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:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the shadowy corridors of post-war Europe, where allegiances shift like smoke and survival demands absolute ruthlessness, Consequence of Fear thrusts its readers into a world of hidden identities, dangerous secrets, and moral compromise. Ted Allbeury — himself a former intelligence officer — crafts a taut, psychologically rich narrative that chronicles the harrowing journey of a man caught between the remnants of a shattered ideology and the merciless machinery of Cold War espionage. With the precision of an insider and the instincts of a born storyteller, Allbeury constructs a web of tension that tightens with every page, drawing on the real-world tradecraft and human frailty that defined the era's secret wars. Allbeury's writing sits in a class of its own within the espionage genre — less concerned with gadgetry and glamour than with the agonising human cost of deception and loyalty. Praised by Len Deighton as truly a classic writer of espionage fiction, he illustrates with unflinching clarity how fear, once ignited, ripples outward to consume everything a person holds dear. Consequence of Fear stands as a masterwork of moral ambiguity, leaving the reader to question where duty ends and self-preservation begins — a question that haunts long after the final page is turned.
Author: Ted Allbeury
Format: Paperback
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the shadowy corridors of post-war Europe, where allegiances shift like smoke and survival demands absolute ruthlessness, Consequence of Fear thrusts its readers into a world of hidden identities, dangerous secrets, and moral compromise. Ted Allbeury — himself a former intelligence officer — crafts a taut, psychologically rich narrative that chronicles the harrowing journey of a man caught between the remnants of a shattered ideology and the merciless machinery of Cold War espionage. With the precision of an insider and the instincts of a born storyteller, Allbeury constructs a web of tension that tightens with every page, drawing on the real-world tradecraft and human frailty that defined the era's secret wars. Allbeury's writing sits in a class of its own within the espionage genre — less concerned with gadgetry and glamour than with the agonising human cost of deception and loyalty. Praised by Len Deighton as truly a classic writer of espionage fiction, he illustrates with unflinching clarity how fear, once ignited, ripples outward to consume everything a person holds dear. Consequence of Fear stands as a masterwork of moral ambiguity, leaving the reader to question where duty ends and self-preservation begins — a question that haunts long after the final page is turned.