Title: Kill with a Borrowed Knife: or Agent Ai
Author: Michael Wreford
Author’s website: http://michaelwreford.com/
Editorial review: Megan Kerr
Cover design: John Amy
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Genre: Fiction / thriller / suspense / espionage
Publisher: Self-published (April 14, 2014)
Format: eBook (mobi / epub)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1910100-18-9
ASIN: B00JPN99LY
China, the eve of the September 11 attacks. A powerful cyber weapon is about to be released. Only one man can stop it …
Journalist and SIS (MI6) contract agent George Quant arrives on the run in Beijing. Estranged from Karen, his Moscow-based handler, George is thrust into Asia’s clandestine underworld of gentleman spies, nefarious business people, and murderous Party members. With his past catching up with him, George discovers that not everyone in China can be trusted.
At the centre of George Quant’s dilemma lie two men: investor-adventurer Pierce de Havilland, and Karen’s trusted contact known only as “Ho”. Both successful in their own right, the rivals offer diverging perspectives on China’s future. As their intentions grow clearer, George recognises that an important choice looms—adopting the life of a millionaire fugitive, or accepting the call of a higher moral imperative.
From his initial assignment in Cambodia in the late ‘90s—between the drinks, drugs and dangerous card games—George’s high octane adventures spill across London, Moscow, and Beijing, before culminating in Hong Kong. Alarmed by Karen’s increasing demands and damaged by her unrequited love, he begins to search for a way to disentangle himself from an expanding web of deception.
THE AUTHOR
A true double agent, Michael Wreford is two authors writing as
one. The pair hold master's degrees in Chinese and International
Relations, and for ten years have worked for leading multinational
corporations, including in the banking, healthcare, and oil and gas
sectors. They have lived in Beijing, the Hague, Hong Kong, and
New York, and currently split their time between the UK and
Switzerland. Kill with a Borrowed Knife: or Agent Ai, is Michael’s
first book. It is available for purchase online.
MOTIVATION
Of the bountiful number of espionage novels currently on the market, few are set
in China and Hong Kong. While some excellent books do exist, protagonists
typically skip through the region and brush local dynamics aside. In “Agent Ai”,
Michael Wreford brings Asia’s idiosyncrasies to the fore.
Fitting around busy lives, “Agent Ai” took more than 12 months to complete and
was written on iPhones, Blackberrys and laptops at home, in hotel rooms, and
just about every mode of transport imaginable. File sharing tools including
Quickoffice and Google Drive were essential for writing on-the-go.
INFLUENCES
First and foremost, James Clavell—Noble House is our favourite read. Michael
enjoys the “older school” of espionage novelists, notably Graham Greene and
John le Carré, along with adventure writers such as George MacDonald Fraser
and Patrick Leigh Fermor. The many successful self-published novelists on
Amazon are also an inspiration.
PRAISE FOR “AGENT AI”
"If you enjoy spy thrillers and are looking for a little bit of a change of setting, you
may well enjoy Agent Ai - a thriller in the truest sense of the word."
Crime Fiction Love
"Impossible to put down ... an amazingly well informed author"
Prof JG Ayres, Amazon
"Twists and turns as tight as the narrow back alleys of Hong Kong"
Sue Ann Vanderpool, Amazon
Amazon: author page
Goodreads: author page
Independent Author Network: profile
Twitter: @michaelwreford
Website: michaelwreford.com
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