THE NEW LUKE CARLTON THRILLER.BBC Security Correspondent FRANK GARDNER'S thrillers are . . .
'Fast taut tense accurate.' FREDERICK FORSYTH'Utterly authentic.' DAILY MAIL'Enthralling
intelligent.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Nerve-shredding.' TONY PARSONS'Heart-in-mouth.'
i-NEWSPAPER'Compulsively readable.' RADIO TIMES __________________________________________The
world is on high alert. Across the Strait from Taiwan China's armed forces appear to be
readying for war. Could the People's Republic be preparing to invade its island
neighbour?Britain's Secret Intelligence Service has a mole deep within the Chinese Communist
Party leadership - an individual in possession of intel that could defuse this fast-escalating
situation. A 'collector' is sent to meet the spy and in an anonymous Hong Kong café the
information is handed over. But before the collector can get the data to MI6 she is
overpowered drugged and abducted by persons unknown. Is it the MSS China's feared state
security agency? Or has another less predictable player entered the game?As geo-political
tensions rise MI6 field operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the
missing agent and the precious intel she carries. With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking
them to shady Macau casinos tawdry night clubs and multiple dead ends Luke is convinced they
are being deliberately strung along. Then they get the vital lead they need. It points to
Taiwan - a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it's there that Luke and
Jenny uncover what is really going on. . . Drawing on his years of experience reporting on
global security stories and in-depth knowledge of the security services Frank Gardner has
written his most frighteningly real unnerving and explosive thriller yet. 'Grips from the very
first page . . . this is thriller writing of a high order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up
the tension peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise to make an enthralling
intelligent read.' Adam LeBor FINANCIAL TIMES (about Outbreak)
