***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** The explosive new thriller featuring MI6 operative
Luke Carlton on his most terrifying mission yet. Deep within the Arctic Circle three
scientists from the UK's Arctic Research Station trudge through a blizzard in search of
shelter. They see a cabin ahead. It appears abandoned. No lights. No snowmobile outside. But as
they push open the door the smell hits them. Rank and foetid: there's something bad inside.
Then movement. A man lies slumped his face disfigured by livid pustules. Blood runs from his
nostrils his chest glistens blackly. The team's medic Dr Sheila Mackenzie pushes forward to
examine him when the convulsions start. Blood bile and mucus spray into the air. The doctor
knows it's too late - she's been contaminated . . . Within hours a full-scale operation to
contain this contagion is underway. Samples are rushed to the laboratories at Porton Down on
high alert. What they discover changes everything. Supported by phone and data intercepts
British Intelligence reaches a terrifying conclusion: that Russia has been developing a new
generation of bio-weapons. Dispatched to investigate MI6's Luke Carlton finds himself on a
serpentine trail of lies and deception. From a mysterious factory in Lithuania via arrest and
imprisonment and ultimately back to Britain he discovers that they've been looking in the
wrong place all along . . . Readers are raving about Outbreak ***** 'A fast-paced espionage
thriller with a timely premise' ***** 'A sharp and fast-paced thriller' ***** 'A great read for
fans old and new' ***** 'One of the best thrillers of 2021'
