First in the brand-new Harry Tate thriller series - Having been made the scapegoat for a botched drugs intercept operation, MI5 officer Harry Tate is dispatched to 'Red Station', a remote outpost in the Balkans, ostensibly to avoid press scrutiny, but where in effect the security services send 'problem' agents they'd like to be rid of. But the outpost is thrust into the international spotlight when troops begin massing in the area; and, as the situation becomes increasingly dangerous, Tate discovers the real, truly shocking, purpose behind 'Red Station' - and decides to fight back . . .
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Starred review - "The nail-biting suspense, high-octane action, and keep-'em-guessing plot set this book apart from the usual spy thriller, but it's smart, tough, fearless, quick-thinking superspook Harry Tate who puts it in a whole other league. Superb!" --Booklist (American Library Association)
"... a ramped-up spy story of unusual vigor and imagination. The plotting is intricate... the action intense fast-paced... a strong sontender in a field long dominated by John le Carre and Ian Fleming." --LIBRARY JOURNAL (US)
"British author Magson takes a break from crime fiction with this solid, suspenseful first of a new espionage series. MI5 agent, Harry Tate... is an intriguing addition to the ranks of the genre's reluctant spies, and readers will eagerly await his next adventure." --PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY
"This is an assured polished piece of writing. Magson lays down the ominous sense of betrayal carefully as anything you'd expect to read in a Fleming or le Carre. So I can't wait until the next Harry Tate thriller." --Shots Magazine - shotsmag.co.uk
"... takes a portion of styles (thrills, drama and spying as a dirty business) and mixes them together into a thrilling espionage tale. Those who like spy stories logical, topical, with a hint of trade-craft and characters you actually care about, will find a lot to enjoy... "
--permissiontokill.com/blog/2010/11/08/red-station/ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"... a ramped-up spy story of unusual vigor and imagination. The plotting is intricate... the action intense fast-paced... a strong sontender in a field long dominated by John le Carre and Ian Fleming." --LIBRARY JOURNAL (US)
"British author Magson takes a break from crime fiction with this solid, suspenseful first of a new espionage series. MI5 agent, Harry Tate... is an intriguing addition to the ranks of the genre's reluctant spies, and readers will eagerly await his next adventure." --PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY
"This is an assured polished piece of writing. Magson lays down the ominous sense of betrayal carefully as anything you'd expect to read in a Fleming or le Carre. So I can't wait until the next Harry Tate thriller." --Shots Magazine - shotsmag.co.uk
"... takes a portion of styles (thrills, drama and spying as a dirty business) and mixes them together into a thrilling espionage tale. Those who like spy stories logical, topical, with a hint of trade-craft and characters you actually care about, will find a lot to enjoy... "
--permissiontokill.com/blog/2010/11/08/red-station/ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Ms.B.Itch
Format:Paperback
Move over John Le Carre, Len Deighton, Forsyth and all the others. Here comes Adrian Magson.
Red Station is the first book featuring Harry Tate. Following a botched drugs bust, Harry from MI5 is unjustly blamed and posted to 'Red Station' somewhere in eastern europe he is given a No Contact Rule.
What his bosses haven't told him however, is that Red Station is a posting for problem spooks, these are people from MI5 and MI6 who have screwed up or are burnt out and they won't be going home.
Harry soon realises that he and his fellow spooks are being watched. He begins to dig and finds that those who were recalled or left to go home never made it. Harry begins to suspect there is something very wrong at Red Station and in the highest echelons of the secret services. With his life is in danger from an invading Russian army and a government assassination team known as The Hit, Harry has had enough and he decides to fight back in the only way can.
Red Station is written with great authority. Magson gives us atmosphere, authentic speech and characterisation all done with the light touch of a master. Harry Tate? I look forward to reading more.
In my opinion Magson just gets better and better.
Red Station is the first book featuring Harry Tate. Following a botched drugs bust, Harry from MI5 is unjustly blamed and posted to 'Red Station' somewhere in eastern europe he is given a No Contact Rule.
What his bosses haven't told him however, is that Red Station is a posting for problem spooks, these are people from MI5 and MI6 who have screwed up or are burnt out and they won't be going home.
Harry soon realises that he and his fellow spooks are being watched. He begins to dig and finds that those who were recalled or left to go home never made it. Harry begins to suspect there is something very wrong at Red Station and in the highest echelons of the secret services. With his life is in danger from an invading Russian army and a government assassination team known as The Hit, Harry has had enough and he decides to fight back in the only way can.
Red Station is written with great authority. Magson gives us atmosphere, authentic speech and characterisation all done with the light touch of a master. Harry Tate? I look forward to reading more.
In my opinion Magson just gets better and better.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Review by Geraldine Evans
After an operation more bungled by circumstances than any incompetence on his part, MI5 agent Harry Tate is posted to Red Station in south Ossetia, a drab place where, apart from the ever-present followers, nothing much happens.
But then things start to hot up. A British agent - one of the `Clones' stalking Tate - is murdered. He begins to suspect there is a mole in his small department. Worse, the Russians are massed on the border. The situation is becoming tense, but with no orders to leave the county, Harry Tate and his colleagues are left to fend for themselves, knowing that someone in England's shadowy spy world has set an assassin lose - with them as the target. Tate and two of his colleagues, their escape fraught with danger, stalked by a terrible death dealer, finally make it back to England. It is time to find out just who it was that ordered their murder.
I enjoyed this book. It starts with a bang and, after a while in the spy's often humdrum world, we are treated to more excitement. All in all, a very good novel that is an enjoyable and intriguing read. I hope we'll be seeing more of Harry Tate.
After an operation more bungled by circumstances than any incompetence on his part, MI5 agent Harry Tate is posted to Red Station in south Ossetia, a drab place where, apart from the ever-present followers, nothing much happens.
But then things start to hot up. A British agent - one of the `Clones' stalking Tate - is murdered. He begins to suspect there is a mole in his small department. Worse, the Russians are massed on the border. The situation is becoming tense, but with no orders to leave the county, Harry Tate and his colleagues are left to fend for themselves, knowing that someone in England's shadowy spy world has set an assassin lose - with them as the target. Tate and two of his colleagues, their escape fraught with danger, stalked by a terrible death dealer, finally make it back to England. It is time to find out just who it was that ordered their murder.
I enjoyed this book. It starts with a bang and, after a while in the spy's often humdrum world, we are treated to more excitement. All in all, a very good novel that is an enjoyable and intriguing read. I hope we'll be seeing more of Harry Tate.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Fi
Format:Hardcover
I have read Adrian Magson's earlier books and if you like edge of your seat non-stop action you will enjoy them.
Red Station is quite different in content to his earlier thrillers but just as enjoyable, innovative and imaginative. He is able to take you to another world, keep you engaged in the plot and enthralled as to what will happen next. I also love his style of writing. A quality novel, gritty but not gruesome.
Red Station is quite different in content to his earlier thrillers but just as enjoyable, innovative and imaginative. He is able to take you to another world, keep you engaged in the plot and enthralled as to what will happen next. I also love his style of writing. A quality novel, gritty but not gruesome.
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Great book!
First time I've read Adrian Magson but will definitely read more if this book is anything to go by. Edge of the seat stuff - wonderful.
Published 5 months ago by Christine Holt
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Once I started to read books by Adrian Magson, I had to read them all. I have enjoyed all of them. They are beautifully written, they demand that you turn the pages, the plots and... Read more
Published 15 months ago by B. F. Orme
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Red Station - A Bloody Good Read
Took this on a recent holiday and finished it in a matter of days. I just couldn't put it down. Given a choice between Harry Palmer and James Bond I'd always go for the former, and... Read more
Published 15 months ago by L. S. Ball
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A very good start for a new spy character
I declare up front that Mr Magson kindly sent me this hardback book f-o-c. I now have to be objective in reviewing it! Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2010 by Mark Slattery
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A brilliant spy thriller..
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