Book #55855

The Defector

Charles Collingwood

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Publisher: New York, Evanston, ET AL: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.

Price: $50.00

An edition in Nearly Fine condition that has some soiling to the lightly edgeworn boards in a Fine dust-jacket.

A thrilling and compelling novel of espionage and betrayal, set against the backdrop of the Cold War.

When the Soviet Union collapses, its former KGB agent, Arkady Renko, is finally safe. He has gone into exile in London, where he has started a new life as a private investigator. But Renko's old enemies never forget, and soon he is embroiled in a dangerous new conspiracy.

Renko is approached by a mysterious figure who offers him a chance to get revenge on his former comrades. Renko is unsure at first, but then he is persuaded to take the job. He is told to find the traitor in the Soviet embassy in London, and to kill him.

Renko begins to unravel the conspiracy, but he is also in danger. He is being tracked by the KGB, and his enemies are willing to do anything to stop him. In the end, Renko must decide whether to betray his own country or to save it.; 8vo; 313 pages; Price? ? ?