{"product_id":"2026100012369-secondhand-consequence-of-fear","title":"Consequence Of Fear","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\n\nAllbeury'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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022655881435,"sku":"2026100012369-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6361fe1d-8f1c-4157-8bcb-875b2e03fc41.png?v=1793665419","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012369-secondhand-consequence-of-fear","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}