Lord of the Swallows Paperback by Gerard de Villiers

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage Canada (2016-02-09)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 256 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780345808219
• Item Weight: 254.02 grams
• Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.1 x 0.8 cm

A high-tension, sexy, political thriller in which freelance CIA agent Malko Linge brings a project to his bosses that could blow open a ring of Russian spies operating in the United States. First English-language publication.

At a benefit dinner, Austrian playboy and CIA freelancer Malko Linge meets an intriguing woman, Zhanna Khrenkov, who has an unusual proposal. She will disclose everything she knows about her husband Alexei's business if Malko will get rid of Alexei's younger, British mistress. Appalled, Malko refuses--until Zhanna reveals her husband's real job: head of a ring of Russian spies operating undercover inside the U.S. For Malko's CIA contacts, this is a highly necessary job; for Malko, it is a highly sensitive one. He will move cautiously from Vienna to London to Moscow, trying to find the right balance of winning Zhanna's trust without compromising his moral integrity.

About the Author

GERARD DE VILLIERS was the author of the SAS series of spy novels, one of the longest running fiction series ever written by a single author. In a New York Times Magazine profile, Robert F. Worth wrote that de Villiers' "mastery of political intrigue has made him France's most widely read author" and labeled him "France's James Bond." De Villiers' connections in the world of espionage allowed him to anticipate real life assassinations before they occurred and unravel complex controversies. Gérard de Villiers died in 2013.