Read an extract from The Reluctant Hero, by Michael Dobbs
Harry Jones, hero of The Edge of Madness is caught in a web of international intrigue, with an old friend as bait, and a female scorpion at his side.
When Harry Jones discovers that former friend Zac Kravitz’s life is in danger, a debt of honour sends him on a perilous rescue mission to Ta’argistan, a mountainous and landlocked former Soviet republic bordering Russia, China and Afghanistan. Muscling his way onto a delegation of MPs who happen to be paying the state a visit, Harry finds an unlikely ally in the stubbornly independent Martha and together they devise a plan to break Zac out of the ancient high-walled prison in the capital, Ashkek. But when, in the depths of winter, the attempt backfires and Harry finds himself taking Zac’s place, he realises that he has been lured, unawares, into a terrifying web of international conspiracy.
Here’s a tiny taster…
PROLOGUE
Guilt. A relentless hunter. And no matter how hard Harry Jones ran, he couldn’t escape. He’d turn a corner and there it would be, peering out from the shadows, or sometimes he’d catch a fleeting glimpse of a woman in a crowded street from the corner of his eye, and the whole thing would rush back at him.
Julia. His wife.
And his fault.
