Book description
In a North Sea storm a drilling rig sinks, taking with it the ten kilos
of hashish that Calum Bean has hidden in its superstructure. When the
bankrollers decide that Cal's kneecaps are a reasonable forfeit, his
cousin, renegade army officer Seb MacCoinneach, comes to the rescue.
But Seb has an agenda of his own. Turned down by the SAS, in fierce
competition with his dead brother and in a bitter feud with his father,
he masterminds a plan that will make fools of all those who have
rejected him. Spurred on by his half-sister Madelene, a ruthless
manipulator, he stars upon a lethal game in the name of freedom. And he
needs Cal with him. Simon Conway was born in California in 1967,
educated in Britain and studied English Literature at the University of
Edinburgh. He served in the British army with the Black Watch and the
Queen's Own Highlanders. After leaving the military he worked for The
HALO Trust clearing land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia,
Kosovo, Abkhazia, Eritrea and Sri Lanka. As Director of Landmine Action
he ran projects in Western Sahara and Guinea Bissau as well as
successfully campaigning for an international treaty to ban cluster
bombs. Simon Conway is currently living in Washington, D. C. with his
wife the Channel Four News Correspondent Sarah Smith. A LOYAL SPY, his
third novel, won the 2010 CWA Steel Dagger Award for Best Thriller of
the year.
