The Deceiver
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Frederick Forsyth's The Deceiver is a masterclass in Cold War espionage fiction, chronicling the career of Sam McCready, the CIA's most brilliant and unconventional operative, as he faces a bureaucratic tribunal that will determine his fate. The novel presents four gripping missions from McCready's storied past — spanning the dying embers of the Cold War — each unfolding as a self-contained yet interconnected story of deception, tradecraft, and geopolitical intrigue. Forsyth, a former journalist and intelligence insider, constructs each mission with the meticulous authenticity and razor-sharp tension that define his writing. The result is a compelling portrait of a spy whose greatest weapon is his mind, and whose greatest enemy may be the institution he has served for decades.
Author: Frederick Forsyth
Format: Hardback
Published: 1991, BCA
Genre: Thriller
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Frederick Forsyth's The Deceiver is a masterclass in Cold War espionage fiction, chronicling the career of Sam McCready, the CIA's most brilliant and unconventional operative, as he faces a bureaucratic tribunal that will determine his fate. The novel presents four gripping missions from McCready's storied past — spanning the dying embers of the Cold War — each unfolding as a self-contained yet interconnected story of deception, tradecraft, and geopolitical intrigue. Forsyth, a former journalist and intelligence insider, constructs each mission with the meticulous authenticity and razor-sharp tension that define his writing. The result is a compelling portrait of a spy whose greatest weapon is his mind, and whose greatest enemy may be the institution he has served for decades.