Ballistic

<h2><b>THE NEW LUKE CARLTON THRILLER.</b></h2><p><b>MI6 operative Luke Carlton returns in his most exciting and unnervingly up-to-the-minute mission yet . . . Get ready for the new edge-of-your-seat spy thriller from the bestselling author.</b><br><br>In the dying light of an Arctic afternoon a monstrous black shape slips beneath the waters of Murmansk bay. Murmansk in the Arctic Circle is where Russia's fleet of nuclear-powered submarines is based - and the <i>Novorossiya</i> is one of their navy's most advanced - and dangerous - vessels . . .<br><br>Acting on information received from a high-ranking mole deep inside Russia's FSB, Britain's security services are convinced that the submarine is about to deploy a terrifying, game-changing device. As Europe goes into a state of high alert, MI6 operative Luke Carlton is sent into the hot zone that is the Finnish-Russian border. His mission to secure the safe extraction of this valuable MI6 asset <u>and</u> the intel he has in his possession - because it seems the West could be staring Armageddon in the face.<br><br>It's then that things start to go devastatingly wrong . . .<br><br><b>Breathlessly exciting, brilliantly authentic and unnervingly prescient, <i>Ballistic</i> is the new Luke Carlton thriller from the <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author and journalist who has his finger on the pulse of 21st century geo-politics and knows where the dangerous flashpoints are likely to be . . .</b><br><br>Praise for Frank Gardner's other Luke Carlton thrillers:<br><br><b> Tensions rise to boiling point . . . Gardner cuts to the molten core of a modern flashpoint in an electric thriller. </b><i>SUN </i><br><br><b> Fast, taught, tense, accurate. A terrific read. </b>FREDERICK FORSYTH<br><br><b> Thriller-writing of the highest order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise. </b><i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i><br><br><b> Full of tomorrow s headlines . . . this is intelligent, high-voltage storytelling of the very highest order. </b>TONY PARSONS<br><br><b> Confirms Frank Gardner s place among the pantheon of distinguished reporters who have become excellent thriller writers, including Gerald Seymour and Frederick Forsyth . . . utterly authentic. </b><i>DAILY MAIL</i><br><br><b> Combines insider knowledge with heart-in-mouth excitement. </b><i>i-</i>NEWSPAPER<br><br><b> Everything is impressive in this masterly account . . . exhilarating (if alarming) topicality. </b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br></p>