Review
"'A superb feat of storytelling by a master of his craft' - The Times; 'One of the best plotters in the business' - Time Out; 'One of Britain's foremost pacy thriller writers' - Sunday Express; 'A clever, informed and worldly cynical story about arrogance, obsession and tragedy' - The Times"
Book Description
The breathtaking new thriller from bestselling author Gerald Seymour.
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
Product Description
In the military family there is no worse crime than cowardice. Malachy Kitchen, Intelligence officer, posted to Iraq, appears guilty of it while on patrol with an infantry platoon ambushed by insurgents. When word spreads that he was 'yellow' under hostile fire, his life starts to disintegrate. Kicked out of the army, he becomes an isolated recluse in a drugs infested London estate. But the mugging of his neighbour, an elderly widow, by addicts lights the flame that draws him to regain his lost pride, to take the fight to the narcotics network he sees around him. But it is not so simple - because the drugs routes have been colonised by other factions who want to deliver equally dangerous packages around the world. And if Malachy is to complete his quest, he must first enter one of the darker alleyways of life...
From the Publisher
The breathtaking new thriller from bestselling author Gerald Seymour.
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
From the Inside Flap
All traces of self-esteem have been brutally stripped from Malachy Kitchen, an Intelligence officer posted to Iraq. He is accused of cowardice while on patrol with an infantry platoon ambushed by insurgents. Word spreads that he ran under hostile fire. In the military family there is no worse crime.
Humiliated and broken, kicked out of the army, Malachy sinks into despair. He becomes an isolated recluse in a drug-infested London estate. But the mugging of an elderly widow by addicts lights a flame that draws him to fight to regain his lost pride. His target is the network of narcotics traders.
Pushers, dealers, suppliers are that network, and at their head is Ricky Capel, a crime baron importing heroin into the UK. Untouchable up to now, Capel will have to confront an enemy more driven than any of the policemen he has so far successfully outwitted.
Capel is fighting a war on only one front, but when his Albanian associates demand that he uses his drug route to ferry an Islamic fanatic to Britain, suddenly he is vulnerable from other directions …
From the Back Cover
The Unknown Soldier:
‘A superb feat of storytelling from a master of his craft.’
Sunday Telegraph
The Untouchable:
‘A clever, informed and worldly cynical story about arrogance, obsession and tragedy.’
The Times
Holding the Zero:
‘Refreshingly original … Another gem from the master of the modern adventure story.’
The Times
A Line in the Sand:
‘Brilliantly written and deserving of the Booker Prize, if only it wasn't so populist.’
Mail on Sunday
About the Author
Once a reporter for Independent Television News, Gerald Seymour has lived in the West Country for several years. His bestselling novels include, among others, Harry's Game, The Glory Boys, Red Fox, Field of Blood, The Heart of Danger, Killing Ground, The Waiting Time, A Line in the Sand, Holding the Zero, The Untouchable, Traitor's Kiss and, most recently, The Unknown Soldier.
