ARKHANGEL
US TITLE: ALL FALL DOWN
'Totally James Bond' The Times
An off-the-books assassin for the British government, Max McLean operates alone.
But when a routine hit goes badly wrong, a cryptic note on a $100 bill prised from his target's dead fingers suggests there's more to the mission than meets the eye.
Is someone from Max's former life trying to send him a message?
From Paris to Jerusalem and on to the frozen wastes of north-west Russia, Max is forced into a desperate race for the truth - with unknown enemies determined to stop him at any cost.
And when the secret coded into the banknote is finally revealed, only one thing is certain: with the fate of the world in his possession, failure is not an option . . .
A razor-sharp action thriller with the raw inventiveness of I Am Pilgrim and the breathless pace of movies like John Wick and James Bond, Arkhangel sees James Brabazon stake his claim alongside Lee Child, David Baldacci and Gregg Hurwitz as a master of the genre.
‘A James Bond for the 21st century.
Arkhangel is a great read, highly recommended.
Escape into a fictional world of black ops,
spies and assassins’ Express
THE BREAK LINE
'Breathless, complex and seriously hardcore. Don’t plan to sleep tonight’ Lee Child
‘Beautifully written and extensively researched,
The Break Line is a riveting page turner’ Gregg Hurwitz
Officially, Max McLean doesn’t exist.
The British government denies all knowledge of the work he does on their behalf to keep us safe. But Max and his masters are losing faith in each other. And they give him one last chance to prove he's still their man.
Sent to a military research facility to meet a former comrade-in-arms, Max finds the bravest man he ever knew locked up for his own protection. His friend lost his mind during an operation in West Africa. The reason? Absolute mortal terror.
Max is determined to find out why.
Ahead lies a perilous, breath taking mission into the unknown that will call into question everything that Max once believed in.
Acting alone, without back-up, Max lands in Sierra Leone with his friend's last words ringing in his ears: 'They're coming, Max. They're coming . . .'
The Break Line is a thriller dripping with authenticity, menace and first-hand knowledge of the frontline. Smart, unputdownable and packed with irresistible set pieces and jaw-dropping plot twists, this is a thriller like no other.
‘Andy McNab meets Heart of Darkness. A Brutally compelling thriller’ Mail on Sunday
'The Break Line delivers a full-throttle exercise in tension' Crimetime
‘A wonderfully crafted story of action, history, and secrets that is as imaginative as it is compelling’
Steve Berry, author of The Templar Legacy
‘Taut, tough and visceral – and, most of all, written with a breathtaking authenticity’ Raymond Khoury, author of The Last Templar
‘Echoes of Joseph Conrad and Frederick Forsyth’s The Dogs of War . . . As ferocious a portrait as you will find’ Mail on Sunday
'A thriller of an unusually classy calibre. Eloquently written, intensively researched . . . Brabazon has crafted hugely gripping, thought-provoking yarn, ground its outlandish elements in solid realism and vivid characterisation' Financial Times
'The Break Line plunges you into the most extraordinary and exciting world of covert operations . . . with a terrifyingly precise eye and an irresistible prose style, he creates a world that is almost impossible to leave. I'm still waiting for the choppers to come and take me home' Sebastian Junger
'A taut, razor-edged thriller, packed with granular detail and authenticity' James Swallow, bestselling author of Nomad
'It is insanely immersive, brilliantly blurring the lines between fiction and reality. I couldn't put it down'
Tom Marcus, bestselling author of Soldier Spy
MY FRIEND THE MERCENARY
‘Outstanding. I couldn’t put it down’ Andy McNab
James Brabazon was an ambitious young war reporter when he entered the chaos of the Liberian Civil War in 2002. Running with the infamous LURD rebels, he survived numerous deadly ambushes and a dramatic two-hundred-mile escape from Government troops through dense equatorial jungle. He even had a bounty put on his head. Surrounded by child soldiers, cannibals and ruthless rebels, Brabazon was accompanied by Nick du Toit, a South African mercenary with a dangerous past. Before long, Nick promised James the scoop of his life: a front seat, beside Simon Mann, in an audacious coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. And the offer was too good to refuse.
‘Compelling’ Sunday Times
‘Extraordinary’ Scotsman
‘Intriguing’ Spectator
‘A classic story of greed and violence in one of the most dysfunctional countries in the world.
It is a gripping story which I couldn’t read fast enough.’ Sebastian Junger
‘A beautifully written adrenaline rush by one
of our generation’s bravest journalists’
Aidan Hartley, author of
The Zanzibar Chest