The Mercenary

The Mercenary
Paul Vidich
RRP:
NZ$ 27.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 22.39
Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 256pg
18 Mar 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780857304452
Out Of Stock
Currently no stock in-store, stock is sourced to your order
From acclaimed spy novelist Paul Vidich comes a taut new thriller following the attemptedexfiltration of a KGB officer from the ever-changing - and always dangerous - USSR in themid-1980s. Moscow, 1985. The Soviet Union and its communist regime are in the last stages of decline, but remainopaque to the rest of the world - and still very dangerous. In this ever-shifting landscape, a senior KGBofficer - code name GAMBIT - has approached the CIA Moscow Station chief with top secret militaryweapons intelligence and asked to be exfiltrated. GAMBIT demands that his handler be a former CIAofficer, Alex Garin, a former KGB officer who defected to the American side. The CIA had never successfully exfiltrated a KGB officer from Moscow, and the top brass do not trustGarin. But they have no other options: GAMBIT' s secrets could be the deciding factor in the Cold War. Garin is able to gain the trust of GAMBIT, but remains an enigma. Is he a mercenary acting in self interestor are there deeper secrets from his past that would explain where his loyalties truly lie? As thedate nears for GAMBIT' s exfiltration, and with the walls closing in on both of them, Garin begins arelationship with a Russian agent and sets into motion a plan that could compromise everything. ' Cold War spy fiction in the grand tradition' - Joseph Kanon ' Vidich' s visualisation of time and place is masterly' - Times' This deserves to rank with vintage Le Carre' - Mail on Sunday ' John le Carre fans will love this taut, atmospheric old-style spy story' - TheSun
Praise for Paul Vidich; ' Vidich perfectly captures the era' s paranoid mood' - The Times; ' A terse and convincing thriller. . . This stand-alone work reaches a new level of moral complexity and brings into stark relief the often contradictory nature of spycraft' - Wall Street Journal; ' In the manner of Charles Cumming and recent le Carre, Vidich pits spies on the same side against one another in a kind of internal cold war' - Booklist
Paul Vidich has had a distinguished career in music and media. Most recently, he served as Special Advisor to AOL and was Executive Vice President at the Warner Music Group, in charge of technology and global strategy. He serves on the Board of Directors of Poets & Writers and The New School for Social Research. A founder and publisher of the Storyville App, Vidich is also an award-winning author of short fiction. His novels, An Honorable Man, The Good Assassin and The Coldest Warrior, are available from No Exit Press.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780857304452
Published: 18 Mar 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: No Exit Press
Publisher: Oldcastle Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 256

In stock - for items in stock we aim to dispatch the next business day. For delivery in NZ allow 2-5 business days, with rural taking a wee bit longer.

Locally sourced in NZ - stock comes from a NZ supplier with an approximate delivery of 7-15 business days.

International Imports - stock is imported into NZ, depending on air or sea shipping option from the international supplier stock can take 10-30 working days to arrive into NZ. 

Pre-order Titles - delivery will vary depending on where the title is published, if local stock is available in NZ then 5-7 business days, for international imports it can be 10-30 business days. In all cases we will access the quickest supply option.

Delivery Packaging - we ship all items in cardboard sleeves or by box with either packing paper or corn starch chips. (We avoid using plastics bubble bags)

Tracking - Orders are delivered by track and trace courier and are fully insured, tracking information will be sent by email once dispatched.

View our full Order & Delivery information