A Loyal Spy - Hardcover

'A thumping read that joins the dots in the War on Terror. Conway writes with passion and authority on the murky forces unleashed after 9/11.' -- Tim Butcher, author of Sunday Times No1 Bestseller Blood River - A Journey To Africa's Broken Heart 'Complex and detailed ... Conway has concocted a credible, and wholly cynical, tale of dirt, death and double-dealing, of deracine anti-heroes for whom perpetual conflict has become both lifeblood and poison.' -- The Times 'Simon Conway boldly illustrates the anarchy of "asymmetric warfare" by adopting a shapeless plotline ... our reward for grasping the complexities is an enhanced sense of the authenticity of Conway's personal experience and a conventionally stonking action climax.' -- The Telegraph 20100616 'accuracy seeps out of every page' -- Daily Mail 20100616 'A LOYAL SPY has incredibly well drawn characters, evocative descriptive passages, and a superbly balanced narrative structure - the twists are unexpected but convincing and the final extended sequence is truly nail-biting. Terrific!' -- Misha Glenny, author of McMafia 20100616 'Alarmingly current, alarmingly possible. This is a book that captures the new world of asymmetric warfare and yet sustains the narrative and tension of the very best of the thriller genre. A LOYAL SPY is so vivid, so real, that reading it you sense Simon Conway must almost have lived it himself.' -- Jon Snow, Channel 4 newscaster 20100616 'Simon Conway takes you to the world's most chaotic and dangerous places - and does it with the raw descriptive power of someone who's been there and done that' -- Mark Urban, author of Rifles and Big Boys' Rules 20100616 'Tautly written and cleverly plotted, with well-drawn characters, vivid scenes and nail-biting passages, this is thrilling fiction that is unnervingly believable.' -- Choice magazine 20100616 '[a] gripping thriller' -- Books Quarterly (Waterstone's) 20100616 'A Loyal Spy is full of the elements that make a thriller such a joy. Simon has a huge amount of knowledge of that part of the world, he has a facility for believable scenes, for convoluted plotting that would confuse le Carre, and a marvellous range of characters.' -- Shots magazine 20100616 'A dizzying journey starring international terrorists, Uday Hussein, freelance salvage merchants and a container full of suffocated Kuwaiti businessmen. Authoritative and authentic ... a thriller that manages to balance adrenaline with intelligence.' -- Scotland on Sunday on RAGE 20100616 'In a word: Great' -- The Herald Sun on RAGE 20100616 'Conway writes with brutal immediacy, his mordant irony resonating uncomfortably even as it entertains...Grim, kinetic thriller set against an unconventional and inspired backdrop' -- Kirkus Reviews on RAGE 20100616 'Debut of a roaring and prodigal talent ... Not so much a novel as a life experience. Don't miss it.' -- Literary Review on DAMAGED 20100616 'Imagine John le Carre on bad acid - edgy, twisted and very, very dark.' -- Howard Marks on DAMAGED 20100616 'Good background, with an on-the-nail summary of Northern Ireland wheeling and dealing ... and a wild Celtic streak that marks Conway as one to watch.' -- Guardian on DAMAGED 20100616 'A debut novel to rival The Beach.' -- Publishing News on DAMAGED 20100616 'Cruel, violent and lyrical, it's Iain Banks meeting Alan Warner in Tom Clancy's missile silo. Excellent.' -- Select on DAMAGED 20100616

WINNER OF THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARD 2010 FOR BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR! The last time Jonah saw Nor ed-Din, he was lying face down in a pool of icy water in the Khyber Pass. For many years, Jonah had been under the impression that he'd killed him there. Jonah: an undercover operative for one of Britain's most secret agencies Nor: the agent he befriended, recruited, then left for dead Miranda: the woman he thought he loved enough to give up everything for How far can loyalty be stretched before it reaches a limit? Millions of lives depend on the answer, as a twisting road of betrayal and revenge leads from the mountains of Afghanistan to the heart of London ...and a ticking bomb.