Red Traitor

Matthews, Owen

£16.99

The year is 1962, and KGB Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vasin is searching for ghosts: for evidence of the long-rumoured existence of an American spy embedded at the highest echelons of Soviet power. But it’s while on this wild goose chase, a high-stakes espionage race against a rival State agency, that Vasin first hears whispers of an ominous top-secret undertaking: Operation Anadyr. As tensions flare between Nikita Khrushchev and President Kennedy over Russian missiles hidden in Cuba, four Soviet submarines – each carrying tactical ballistic missiles armed with thermonuclear warheads – are ordered to make a covert run at the U.S. blockade in the Caribbean.

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Publish Date: 29/07/2021

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If you enjoyed the BBC TV series ‘Vigil’ starring Suranne Jones, dive into Red Traitor, the ultimate submarine thriller…

‘This is Robert Harris storytelling territory and is told with equal panache and authenticity. There could be no higher praise.’
Daily Mail

The year is 1962 and in Moscow KGB officer Alexander Vasin feels as if he’s chasing ghosts. Ordered to find an American spy rumoured to be embedded at the highest echelon of Soviet power, he’s caught up in a dangerous game of espionage against not only the CIA but also state rival agencies.

But it’s while pursuing this infiltrator that Vasin learns of a top-secret operation that could push the world to the brink of war. The Kremlin has deployed short-range nuclear missiles on Cuba, barely ninety miles from the US coast, and, to support its high-risk gambit, dispatched four submarines to the Caribbean. Each is armed with a nuclear payload – and on board one of them there is an officer who is dangerously unfit for command.

As tensions between the USSR and the USA escalate, the world holds its breath-and Vasin faces an extraordinary dilemma: how to warn his enemy without betraying his country.

Weaving together historical fact with nail-bitingly tense fiction, the acclaimed author of Black Sun brings one of the most terrifying stand-offs in modern times to life in his stunning new Cold War thriller.

Additional information

Weight 555 g
Dimensions 240 × 162 × 32 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

323

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K