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'It's many years since I have been so gripped
by a thriller' DAILY TELEGRAPH In the villages and on the mountains of County Tyrone, in the heartland of the Provisional IRA's most active Brigade, the golden rule is 'Hear nothing, see nothing, know nothing'. To collaborate is to invite an inescapable death sentence. But rules are made to be broken and there is word on the street that inside the Brigade is a tout, an informer, someone who has taken the Crown's gold. When he is uncovered, he will be interrogated, tortured, then hooded and shot. Gary Brennard, an inexperienced MI5 field agent, and Parker, who runs the informer, have to protect their man, codenamed 'Song Bird', at all costs. He is their only access to a fiercely tightknit organisation, the critical asset to hold onto until the stakes are high enough ... and if the innocent step into the cross- fire, that's just unfortunate. 'Finely written with tension, action, suspense, atmosphere and suited to the savage loyalties and treacheries which he describes. topical authenticity' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'The pace is relentless... With such writing, Seymour deservedly ranks among today's top thriller authors' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'A dark, rainswept novel, full of excitement and the vicious amorality of patriotism' NEW YORKER - from the back cover -
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by Gerald Seymour