- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Mira; Library ed edition (2 July 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0778303438
- ISBN-13: 978-0778303435
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 229,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This thriller hurtles through the pages like Jason Bourne charging through all three films at once...No punches pulled action.' --Peterborough Evening Telegraph on The Mephisto Threat.
'Skulduggery and corruption at the highest levels: scarily plausible.' --Quentin Jardine on The Last Exile --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'Skulduggery and corruption at the highest levels: scarily plausible.' --Quentin Jardine on The Last Exile --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Seconded from MI5 to the SIS, Tallis must take on his most explosive mission yet. A series of high profile killings has made the Russian government increasingly authoritarian. And for Paul Tallis, former elite firearms officer and currently working off the books for MI5, the crumbling international situation is about to become very personal. Unknown to Tallis, his old schoolfriend, Rufus Graham, has been working deep undercover for the Secret Intelligence Service in the Chechen mountains. When it's feared that Graham has turned rogue agent, Tallis is tasked with finding his old friend and bringing him back home. But for the first time in his life, Tallis is forced to question not only the legitimacy of his orders, but whose side he wants to take.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best So Far!!!,
This review is from: Land of Ghosts (A Paul Tallis Story) (MIRA) (Mira (Direct)) (Paperback)
Ignoring the unenlightened review above by a so-called 'avid reader' (perhaps more of an 'avid gadfly') EV Seymour's 'Land Of Ghosts' is simply a joy to read.By far the best in the series, it successfully takes the resilient Tallis to the hostile climes of Chechnya: a land in blight following Perestroika and thus a brilliant and brutal locale for Tallis to be unleashed as it were.'Land Of Ghosts' harks back to the literary legends of John Le Carre, Robert Ludlum and Gerald Seymour, painting a visceral portrait of a world once more on the brink of Cold War. It is a story bound in intrigue, betrayal, love and loss all backed with the darker aspects of Chechen-Russian politics. 'Land Of Ghosts' is a genuinely interesting read, allowing me to delve deep into a subject I was previously largely ignorant of, whilst maintaining the importance of action and empathy throughout. Tallis remains a convivial character, if perhaps more of a loveable rogue. I would recommend this book to anybody, from fans of the espionage of Le Carre, to even the more action packed books of Chris Ryan. In fact, my girlfriend who is a long term lover of the feminine literature of Elizabeth Gaskell and the Bronte's even enjoyed it, thus cementing the truth that 'Land of Ghosts' is capable of sticking its hooks into the most dissimilar of readers (save for an insipid few). So I urge you to give this book ago, I promise that you will enjoy, and maybe even learn something along the way.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too many devine interventions?,
By John Gardner (Coulsdon, Surrey Great Britain) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Land of Ghosts (A Paul Tallis Story) (MIRA) (Mira (Direct)) (Paperback)
First the good points. The action is fast moving and there is no problem turning the pages and it is an entertaining read. Having said that, the number of tricky spots our hero gets out of are just too many, and quite unbelievable. He truly is a master of all trades. Picks up languages in a week, crack shot, rich foreigners, who he has only just met, just love him and will move heaven and earth to offer help, etc., etc..I have two main complaints (without giving too much away), Wandering around downtown Moscow and showing a photo of a young boy to almost the first random woman he comes across to ask if she knows him, gets a positive response and a detailed lead of where to find him. Wow, what luck eh! Not to mention he is a young man now, so there might just have been a bit of a change in his appearance? The second stroke of good fortune (amongst many others), is that in rescuing someone from a minefield, it turns out luckily to be the ONLY son of a rebel leader. No danger of anything but a positive response from that particular customer then. The fact that the boy should have known the area like the back of his hand in the first place did not get in the way advertising yet another super skill, IE negotiating minefields, for our intrepid hero to add to all the others. All in all, as I say, a good read, but closer to a comic than a plausible novel. If you suspend all belief before you start, you might just enjoy it!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining,
By Betty (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Land of Ghosts (A Paul Tallis Story) (MIRA) (Mira (Direct)) (Paperback)
A good holiday read. I first picked up one of EVSeymours books in South Africa, in an exchange with another reader who had completed all their books! glad I did - have now read all of them and am waiting for the next!
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