Avalanche Express
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.
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing , price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean text.
A gripping Cold War thriller, Avalanche Express chronicles the high-stakes mission to smuggle a top Soviet general across Europe aboard a speeding international train, with Western intelligence agents racing against time to protect their most valuable defector. Colin Forbes constructs a relentlessly tense narrative, pitting CIA operative Harry Wargrave against a ruthless network of KGB assassins determined to silence the general before he can reveal his secrets. The novel unfolds with the precision of a Swiss watch, each chapter ratcheting up the suspense as the train hurtles through treacherous Alpine terrain — and the threat of an avalanche looms as both a literal and metaphorical force of destruction. Forbes masterfully illustrates the paranoia and moral ambiguity of Cold War espionage, where allies are suspect and every passenger could be an enemy. Taut, atmospheric, and propulsive, this is a classic of the spy-thriller genre that keeps readers locked in until the final, breathless page.
Author: Colin Forbes
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Collins
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing , price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean text.
A gripping Cold War thriller, Avalanche Express chronicles the high-stakes mission to smuggle a top Soviet general across Europe aboard a speeding international train, with Western intelligence agents racing against time to protect their most valuable defector. Colin Forbes constructs a relentlessly tense narrative, pitting CIA operative Harry Wargrave against a ruthless network of KGB assassins determined to silence the general before he can reveal his secrets. The novel unfolds with the precision of a Swiss watch, each chapter ratcheting up the suspense as the train hurtles through treacherous Alpine terrain — and the threat of an avalanche looms as both a literal and metaphorical force of destruction. Forbes masterfully illustrates the paranoia and moral ambiguity of Cold War espionage, where allies are suspect and every passenger could be an enemy. Taut, atmospheric, and propulsive, this is a classic of the spy-thriller genre that keeps readers locked in until the final, breathless page.