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The Last Frontier
- Author
- Alistair MacLean
- Narrator
- Richard Trinder
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 2 March 2021
- Run Time
- 10 hours 43 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Rating
- 5.0 (2 reviews)
What to expect
Doctor Jennings, a noted scientist in possession of a precious secret, has gone over to the Soviet Union. It is Michael Reynolds’ mission to get him back.
To penetrate behind the Iron Curtain and reach his quarry will be difficult enough, especially with the fearsome Hungarian Secret Police watching his every move.
Then, from inside that terrifying organisation, comes the offer of help – the question is: can it be trusted?
Critics Review
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‘Breathless, bloody and detailed.’
Daily Telegraph -
‘Swift-moving, with a tremendous climactic scene on the snow-swept roof of a trans-Hungarian express.’
Glasgow Herald -
‘One of the great postwar thrillers’ Lee Child
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Detailed well written spy story, very well narrated
peterstod 2023-02-18
Details
- Author
- Alistair MacLean
- Narrator
- Richard Trinder
- Duration
- 10 hours 43 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 March 2021
- ISBN
- 9780008461843
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Espionage and spy thriller
- Rating
- 5.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
An undercover mission beyond the Iron Curtain to recover a defected scientist goes disastrously wrong – a classic early Cold War thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Doctor Jennings, a noted scientist in possession of a precious secret, has gone over to the Soviet Union. It is Michael Reynolds’ mission to get him back. To penetrate behind the Iron Curtain and reach his quarry will be difficult enough, especially with the fearsome Hungarian Secret Police watching his every move. Then, from inside that terrifying organisation, comes the offer of help – the question is: can it be trusted?
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