Short Synopsis
Alec Milius, the troubled agent from Charles Cumming's acclaimed novel A Spy by Nature, is in exile, in danger, and on the run.

Full Synopsis
For six years, Alec Milius has been trying to escape his past, but his past refuses to release him. Abandoned by MI6 after a disastrous operation against the CIA, Milius has slowly rebuilt his life in Madrid. Older and wiser than the young spy who first caught the eye of British Intelligence, Milius still has a talent for deception—and a fatal weakness for secrets. So when a prominent politician disappears under suspicious circumstances, Milius can't resist tracking him down.

But the rules have changed. Alec is now working alone, outside the boundaries of any official agency. Paranoid and expendable, he soon becomes vulnerable to the ruthless duplicities of a secret world in which no one can be trusted. Yet as he comes face to face with the nightmare of modern terror, Alec is given one last chance for redemption.

"Vance is so good that he need only relate the prose with honesty and passion and listening becomes a compelling and memorable experience." ---Publishers Weekly Starred Audio Review

"This is spy fiction of the highest order; Cumming deserves to be ranked with the best of the genre's practitioners." ---Publishers Weekly Starred Review

"Intricate [and] intelligent" ---Kirkus

"The best of the new generation of British spy writers taking over where le Carre and Deighton left off." ---Observer (London)

"Notable for its heightened psychological cat-and-mouse play, [The Spanish Game] will build Cumming's reputation as a literary spymaster to reckon with." ---Library Journal

"Tautly written, cleverly plotted...reminded me strongly of the early books of John le Carre." ---Robert Harris, author of The Ghost

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