Book description
An intense, imaginative and darkly atmospheric historical spy
thriller - Patrick O'Brian meets John le Carré. *previously published
as The Emperor's Gold* 'A sparkling gem of a novel' - M C Scott July
1805: Napoleon's army masses across the Channel - Britain is within
hours of invasion and defeat. Only one thing stands in the way - an
obscure government bureau of murky origins and shadowy purpose: The
Comptrollerate General for Scrutiny and Survey. And, rescued from a
shipwreck, his past erased, Tom Roscarrock is their newest agent. In
England, the man who recruited Roscarrock has disappeared, his agents
are turning up dead, and reports of a secret French fleet are
panicking the authorities. In France, a plan is underway to shatter
the last of England's stability. Behind the clash of fleets and
armies, there lies a secret world of intrigue, deception, treachery
and violence - and Roscarrock is about to be thrown into it headfirst.
