Jude Lyon of MI-6 has been saved from a Syrian ambush by his lover - and enemy? - Yulia Ermolaeva.
A mysterious Russian has been murdered in London and his thumb cut off.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has made an unfortunate social connection at a party, which he hopes he can keep secret.
And suddenly, the world is literally going up in flames.
Jude needs to start putting together the pieces of this jigsaw and quickly, because someone is putting into play a terrifying Russian plan to disable and destroy the UK. Once it has begun, it is designed to be impossible to stop.
Bad enough if that someone is the Russian government. Worse if it is the psychopathic genius Fowle, otherwise known as The Stranger.
Packed with stunning action, political intrigue, authentic tradecraft, emotion, shocks and nail-biting suspense, The Saboteur takes the spy thriller to new heights.
THE SABOTEUR carries on from Simon Conway’s excellent 2020 novel, THE STRANGER, which introduced MI6 agent, Jude Lyon, and sociopathic terrorist mastermind, Guy Fowle. In the aftermath of Fowle’s attack on the Houses of Parliament, the terrorist has been captured, but escapes during a chaotic court appearance. And we are straight into the action. And what action…
Simon Conway delivers a sequel, although it works as a standalone, in which everything is turned up to 11. Fowle’s actions are apocalyptic and, as Lyon pursues him, the survival of the United Kingdom itself is at stake. The novel is an exciting blend of le Carré-style espionage, James Bond action, with a healthy dose of cynicism about the motives of the British political elite. There are many characters who could have stepped out of today’s headlines and it is difficult not to see echoes of Brexit and the UK Government’s mishandling of many aspects of the Covid19 response in Conway’s Whitehall.
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