Arctic Sun
- Author Jack Grimwood
- Narrator Daniel Weyman
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 1 January 1970
- Run Time 10 hours and 41 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Adventure fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Historical fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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Kola Peninsula, 1987. High in the Soviet Arctic, a tiny village houses an apocalyptic secret . . .
When research zoologist Dr Amelia Blackburn ventures north to investigate the ravages of the Chernobyl reactor meltdown, she stumbles on the evidence of another sinister disaster on the Norway-Russia border - one that appears far from innocent. Mother Russia will stop at nothing to prevent this information from being revealed, putting Amelia and her team in grave danger from the moment they leave the site.
When the news reaches London, the eyes of British intelligence turn to the one man with the knowledge and skills to bring her back to safety - and find out what has really happened in the frozen North.
Major Tom Fox thought he'd put his intelligence career behind him, but wrapped in a custody battle for his young son, Charlie, a request from his high-ranking father-in-law forces his hand. When the reluctant spy reaches Russia, it quickly becomes clear that this is no ordinary mission.
As Fox and Amelia fight for their lives - and their country - in Russia, Charlie is lead into dangers of his own in England. Three lives are about to be embroiled in the darkest secrets of the Cold War conflict - and a plot that, if left unchecked, will echo through history . . .
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Critics Review
PRAISE FOR JACK GRIMWOOD
If you’re missing the Cold War thrillers of le Carré, Jack Grimwood will fill the space in your heart with a thrilling splinter of ice
So atmospheric, SO SO GOOD, I recommend EXTREMELY highly
This a proper page-turning high stakes thriller
A fine book . . . for those who enjoy vintage le Carré
Grimwood is a damned fine writer
The new le Carré . . . an absolutely brilliant page turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember
Spring’s best thriller
A powerful, addictive, twisty tale where no-one can be trusted
A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist
An intriguing thriller
Mesmerising, surefooted, vividly realised . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers
Even better than Child 44 . . . A blizzard of exciting set pieces, superbly realized
An extraordinarily atmospheric and immersive read … escapism at its best
So atmospheric, so elegantly written . . . like Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch, or like early le Carré. I really recommend it. I just disappeared into it totally
The thriller of the summer … Grimwood raises the stakes in this dark, twisty tale
Fact and fiction merge in what they used to call a rip-roaring yarn that is totally credible. Excellent
Matches Robert Harris, Joseph Kanon, Ken Follett and John le Carré thrill for thrill
Top-notch . . . the suspense never wavers
Highly entertaining . . . The plot is splendidly complicated. Like most good adventure novels set in recognizable history, Grimwood offers readers an enticing “what if?”
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