Agents of Dreamland – Caitlín R. Kiernan
A government agent known as the Signalman embarks on an information exchange to learn more about an apocalyptic cult and the deadly fungoid it has unleashed…
Tag Archives: spy fiction
Europe in Winter – Dave Hutchinson
Acts of terrorism erupt across Europe as it enters Union with the Community; it’s up to Rudi and his allies to unravel what’s behind this spreading chaos.
Europe at Midnight – Dave Hutchinson
A return to Hutchison’s balkanized Europe, a near-future police procedural that follows two narratives that converge at an alternate universe.
Europe in Autumn – Dave Hutchinson
Rudi, an Estonian chef working in Poland, must navigate a balkanized Europe fractured into hundreds of polities, in a novel that reads like the love-child of le Carré and Kafka.
The Windchime Legacy – A.W. Mykel
The greatest secret of America’s intelligence agencies is SENTINEL: a computer intelligence, a thinking intelligence, far advanced and in control of American intelligence …
The High Wire – William Haggard
When foreign agents blackmail the lead manager of the secretive Project A, it’s up to the British Security Executive to protect the mysterious project at all costs.
Flashpoint – Dan Marlowe
Ex-criminal turned government agent Earl Drake is the target of Middle Eastern terrorists, and sets off after them to New York to disrupt their nefarious scheme.
Adventures in Art: Modern Bond Covers
This has been picked up by numerous other blogs by now, but the rights to the James Bond novels are changing hands, going from their venerable owner Penguin Books to the more-hip genre publisher Vintage. Two preview covers have been released for the new editions; they remind me more of old ’40s mystery novels—like the Dell Mapbacks—than James Bond novels, with their subtle, art-deco, low-impact covers.
Passport to Peril – Robert B. Parker
One of the first Cold War-era spy thrillers, a fine little tale of post-war intrigue. It has everything: the Orient Express, Soviets, Bulgarians, OSS operatives, and yes, even Nazis.
Adventures in Art – John Le Carre Reprints
The grandmaster of spy fiction John Le Carre is getting amazing new covers by Matt Taylor for his books, and …
Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased 