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A Spy by Nature: A Novel
A Spy by Nature: A Novel
A Spy by Nature: A Novel
Audiobook11 hours

A Spy by Nature: A Novel

Written by Charles Cumming

Narrated by Simon Vance

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This is what they told me a long time ago.



Only make contact in the event of an emergency.



Only telephone if you believe that your position has been fatally compromised.



Under no circumstances are you to approach us unless it is absolutely necessary in order to
preserve the security of the operation.



This is the number.



Alec Milius is young, smart, and ambitious. He also has a talent for deception. He is working in a dead-end job when a chance encounter leads him to MI6, the elite British Secret Intelligence Service, handing him an opportunity to play center stage in a dangerous game of espionage.



In his new line of work, Alec finds that the difference between the truth and a lie can mean the difference between life and death-and he is having trouble telling them apart. Isolated and exposed, he must play a role in which the slightest glance or casual remark can seem heavy with unintended menace. Caught between British and American Intelligence, Alec finds himself threatened and alone, unable to confide in even his closest friend. His life as a spy begins to exact a terrible price, both on himself and on those around him.



Richly atmospheric and chillingly plausible, A Spy by Nature announces the arrival of British author Charles Cumming as heir apparent to masters like John le Carré and Len Deighton. A bestseller in England, it's the gripping story of a young man driven by ruthless ambition who finds himself chasing not just success but survival.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherTantor Audio
Release dateSep 28, 2007
ISBN9781400175178
Author

Charles Cumming

Charles Cumming was born in Scotland in 1971. In the summer of 1995, he was approached for recruitment by the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). A year later he moved to Montreal where he began working on a novel based on his experiences with MI6, and A Spy by Nature was published in the UK in 2001. In 2012, Charles won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller and the Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year for A Foreign Country. A Divided Spy is his eighth novel.

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