The Seeds of Treason - by Ted Allbeury (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Gripping Cold War thriller of love and treachery explores the reasons why men and women betray their countries and each other. No one twitches the strings more expertly than Allbeury. -- <i>The Observer</i> (UK).<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Intricate and compelling ... Ted Allbeury is one of the most skilled wordsmiths we've got, ranking with le Carré, Deighton, Forsyth, and Gardner. -- <i>The Gloucester Citizen, </i> U.K. <br>Ted Allbeury is one of our best spy writers, quiet, thoughtful, and menacingly compelling. -- <i>The Birmingham Post, </i> U.K.<br>Absorbing and sturdily crafted. -- <i>The Literary Review</i><br>A gripping tale of love and treachery, this novel by a former British intelligence officer explores the reasons why men and women betray their countries and each other. The cast includes Jan Massey, Head of British Intelligence in Berlin and a passionate anti-Communist who falls in love with the wife of a KGB officer; Arthur Johnson, a lowly signalman in the Berlin office who dreams of money and power; civil servant Eric Mayhew, stung by an unjust act of authority; and mathematician Jimbo Vick, lured into betrayal by a seductive Soviet agent. Although they operate under different motivations and circumstances, their roles in the intelligence community will connect them as they frantically attempt to evade a day of reckoning.<br>No one twitches the strings more expertly than Allbeury, noted <i>The Observer, </i> and indeed, Ted Allbeury's experience as a Cold War-era spy adds a thrilling realism to this story of the egotism, passion, and desperation that underlie acts of treason.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Ted Allbeury (1917-2005) was an intelligence officer with Great Britain's Special Operations Executive during World War II; afterward, he ran agents between East and West Germany. Allbeury's firsthand Cold War experiences enliven his espionage novels, and he was praised by the <i>New York Times Book Review</i> as a most knowledgeable chronicler of espionage and by <i>Booklist</i> as a master of the genre.</p><p></p>
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