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Free Agent (novel)
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Free Agent is a 2009 spy thriller novel written by debut novelist Jeremy Duns
. It is the first in a trilogy of spy thrillers featuring MI6 agent Paul Dark and is set at the height of the Cold War
in 1969. It was published in the United Kingdom
on May 5, 2009 by Simon & Schuster
and will be released in the United States
on June 25, 2009 by Viking Press
.
The second novel in the Paul Dark trilogy, Free Country, will be set primarily in Italy
and will take place three days after the end of Free Agent. The third and final novel in the series will be titled Free World and will also be set in 1969.
Jeremy Duns is a member of International Thriller Writers
.
, Jeff Abbott
, Charles Cumming
, Gayle Lynds
, David Morrell
(author of First Blood), Christopher Reich
, and Eric Van Lustbader
(author of the post-Ludlum
Jason Bourne
novels).
Jeremy Duns
Jeremy Duns is a British author currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden.He grew up mainly in Africa and Asia and attended St Catherine's College, Oxford, after which he worked as a journalist...
. It is the first in a trilogy of spy thrillers featuring MI6 agent Paul Dark and is set at the height of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
in 1969. It was published in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on May 5, 2009 by Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
and will be released in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on June 25, 2009 by Viking Press
Viking Press
Viking Press is an American publishing company owned by the Penguin Group, which has owned the company since 1975. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim...
.
The second novel in the Paul Dark trilogy, Free Country, will be set primarily in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and will take place three days after the end of Free Agent. The third and final novel in the series will be titled Free World and will also be set in 1969.
Jeremy Duns is a member of International Thriller Writers
International Thriller Writers
International Thriller Writers, Inc., was founded October 9, 2004, at a meeting at Bouchercon World Mystery and Suspense Conference in Toronto, Canada. Six months later, some 150 authors with more than one billion books sold worldwide had joined the organization as founding members.Co-founders...
.
Tagline
March 1969. John and Yoko are in bed. Harold Wilson is in Number 10. And Paul Dark is on the run from MI6, the KGB ... and himself.Reception
Free Agent has received praise from novelists William BoydWilliam Boyd (writer)
William Boyd, CBE is a Scottish novelist and screenwriter.-Biography:Of Scottish descent, Boyd spent his early life in Ghana and Nigeria, in Africa...
, Jeff Abbott
Jeff Abbott
Jeff Abbott is a U.S. suspense novelist. He has a degree in History and English from Rice University. He lives in Austin, Texas. His early novels were traditional detective fiction but in recent years he has turned to writing thriller fiction. A theme of his work is the idea of ordinary people...
, Charles Cumming
Charles Cumming
Charles Cumming is a British writer of spy fiction. The son of Ian Cumming and Caroline Pilkington , he was educated at Ludgrove School , Eton College and the University of Edinburgh , where he graduated with 1st Class Honours in English Literature...
, Gayle Lynds
Gayle Lynds
Gayle Lynds is an American author. A member of the U.S. Association for Intelligence Officers, she is known for being a bestselling novelist in the male-dominated genre of spy fiction or spy thrillers...
, David Morrell
David Morrell
David Morrell is a Canadian-American novelist, best known for his debut 1972 novel First Blood, which would later become the successful Rambo film franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 26 languages...
(author of First Blood), Christopher Reich
Christopher Reich
Christopher Reich is an American author.He was born in Tokyo on November 12, 1961. He moved to the United States in 1965. He attended Georgetown University and the University of Texas and worked in Switzerland before returning to the United States to become an author. He lives in San Diego and is...
, and Eric Van Lustbader
Eric Van Lustbader
Eric Van Lustbader is a writer of thriller and fantasy novels.He is a graduate of New York's Stuyvesant High School and Columbia College, with a degree in Sociology, and is a second-level Reiki master.-The Pearl Saga:...
(author of the post-Ludlum
Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum was an American author of 23 thriller novels. The number of his books in print is estimated between 290–500 million copies. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.-Life and...
Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne
Jason Charles Bourne is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the novels of Robert Ludlum and subsequent film adaptations. He first appeared in the novel The Bourne Identity...
novels).