Description
| Product ID: | 9781804361504 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Sleeper: the definitive collected edition |
| Subtitle: | Sleeper and Sleeper: The Red Storm |
| Authors: | Author: David Fennell |
| Page Count: | 480 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Thriller / suspense fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Adventure / action fiction, Historical adventure fiction, Historical fiction, Thriller / suspense, Espionage & spy thriller, Adventure, Historical adventure, Historical fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The definitive collected edition.A deluxe collector's limited edition, with a graded red to black sprayed edge and front cover case foiling. SleeperShortlisted for the Amazing Book Awards 2018Will Starling is pulled from the sea with no memory of his past. In his jacket is a strange notebook with a bullet lodged inside: a bullet meant for him. As London prepares for the Blitz, Starling soon finds himself pursued by vicious agents and a ruthless killer known as the Pastor. All of them want the notebook and will do anything to get it. As Starling's memory starts to return, he realises he has skills that make him a match for any assassin. But there is something else. At his core is a deep-rooted rage that he cannot explain. Where is his family and why has no one reported him missing? Fighting for survival with the help of MI5 agent-in-training, Anna Wilder, Starling follows leads across London in a race against time to find the Stones of Fire before the next air raid makes a direct hit and destroys London for ever. Sleeper: The Red StormShortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 20191943. Sleeper spy Will Starling has been drafted in to the SOE, joining forces with the French Resistance in the fight against the Nazis; but Starling's memory is fractured and only occasional flashbacks reveal fragments of his past. Despite this, he has not forgotten his pledge to find and rescue his sister, Rose - if she is still alive. When his mission in France is compromised, Will suspects he's been betrayed. Back in London he hears that VIPER are in league with the Axis powers and are developing a new and deadly weapon. As he and MI5 agent Anna Wilder set out to destroy it, their every move is anticipated by their enemies. Who is the mole in the British Secret Service? As they close in on VIPER's Swiss headquarters, it seems no one can be trusted. Are Starling and Anna able to prevent the unleashing of the Red Storm that will bring mass destruction on a scale even the Nazis haven't dreamt of?While Starling tries to save the world, Rose has become the key to VIPER's future plans and is drugged to dull her kinetic powers. But Rose faces danger from an unexpected enemy and her time is running out... The definitive collected edition.A deluxe collector''s limited edition, with a graded red to black sprayed edge and front cover case foiling. SleeperShortlisted for the Amazing Book Awards 2018 Will Starling is pulled from the sea with no memory of his past. In his jacket is a strange notebook with a bullet lodged inside: a bullet meant for him. As London prepares for the Blitz, Starling soon finds himself pursued by vicious agents and a ruthless killer known as the Pastor. All of them want the notebook and will do anything to get it. As Starling''s memory starts to return, he realises he has skills that make him a match for any assassin. But there is something else. At his core is a deep-rooted rage that he cannot explain. Where is his family and why has no one reported him missing? Fighting for survival with the help of MI5 agent-in-training, Anna Wilder, Starling follows leads across London in a race against time to find the Stones of Fire before the next air raid makes a direct hit and destroys London for ever. Sleeper: The Red StormShortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2019 1943. Sleeper spy Will Starling has been drafted in to the SOE, joining forces with the French Resistance in the fight against the Nazis; but Starling''s memory is fractured and only occasional flashbacks reveal fragments of his past. Despite this, he has not forgotten his pledge to find and rescue his sister, Rose - if she is still alive. When his mission in France is compromised, Will suspects he''s been betrayed. Back in London he hears that VIPER are in league with the Axis powers and are developing a new and deadly weapon. As he and MI5 agent Anna Wilder set out to destroy it, their every move is anticipated by their enemies. Who is the mole in the British Secret Service? As they close in on VIPER''s Swiss headquarters, it seems no one can be trusted. Are Starling and Anna able to prevent the unleashing of the Red Storm that will bring mass destruction on a scale even the Nazis haven''t dreamt of? While Starling tries to save the world, Rose has become the key to VIPER''s future plans and is drugged to dull her kinetic powers. But Rose faces danger from an unexpected enemy and her time is running out... |
| Imprint Name: | Canelo Action |
| Publisher Name: | Canelo |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-10-10 |
