A retelling of the classic saga of the mutiny on the Bounty, from master of suspense Brian Freemantle On April 28, 1789, the H.M.S. Bounty was very far from home. After a long journey around the Cape of Good Hope, Captain William Bligh and his crew emerged into the hot, still air of the South Pacific, and a kind of madness began to take hold. Led by Fletcher Christian, eighteen unhappy sailors set upon Bligh in the night, and at sword-point forced him and his officers into a small rowboat, to try their luck upon the open sea. But why? Although it is history's most famous mutiny, the events leading up to Christian's fateful decision are shrouded in mystery. In this thrilling account, master espionage author Brian Freemantle imagines what might have influenced a loyal sailor to turn mutineer. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Brian Freemantle including rare photos from the author's personal collection.

### From Booklist Londoner Harvey Jordan is a con artist who steals other people's identities and money. His occupation yields an income healthy enough to afford holidays on the Riviera, where he meets Alyce Appleton, the soon to be ex-wife of Alfred Appleton, a powerful Wall Street commodities broker. Harvey and Alyce have a brief fling and part amicably. So Harvey is doubly shocked, first, when he's named corespondent in Alyce's divorce case, and second, when he realizes he's in love with her. As the divorce case plays out in the courtroom, Harvey faces the prospect of being wiped out financially, prompting him to plan the biggest scam of his life. Despite an overabundance of courtroom scenes, and despite the fact that Harvey is as irritating as he is sympathetic, there remains plenty to like about this book, not least of which is the way Freemantle sets the narrative hook in his readers' jaws and keeps us dangling there, waiting in spite of ourselves to see how it ends. *Emily Melton* *Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved* ### Review “[Freemantle] hauls you aboard and won’t let you off until the roller coaster stops.” *—Los Angeles Times *“Freemantle sets the narrative hook in his readers' jaws and keeps us dangling there, waiting in spite of ourselves to see how it ends.” —*Booklist* “A master storyteller.” —*Publishers Weekly*

At the precipice of a major disarmament plan, Soviet intrigue threatens to tip the world into all-out war The treaty is so simple that the American president can hardly believe his luck. In exchange for a few million tons of grain, the Russians, gripped by famine, will withdraw all troops and missiles from Eastern Europe. What's more, this great success comes in an election year! It's too good to be true—and something is about to go wrong.   As soon as the first grain shipments arrive, the Politburo plans to disrupt the disarmament talks, allowing them to tactfully back out of their half of the bargain. The whole Soviet plan rests on the shoulders of KGB Agent Altmann, a Holocaust survivor who's much cleverer than his handlers realize. Altmann knows that the KGB is wary of him, and one way or another, this lone spy is about to change the world.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Brian Freemantle including rare photos from the author's personal collection.

At the height of the Cold War, a British intelligence agent investigates a Russian defector with a deadly secretAdrian Dodds is a man without hobbies, friends, or family, who works a very peculiar job. Though he looks like a pencil pusher, he is a British counter-intelligence agent. In his own quiet, bureaucratic way, Dodds is vital to the security of the United Kingdom. His latest assignment is debriefing Viktor Pavel, a Soviet aeronautics genius who escapes his handlers to become the Cold War's most high-profile defector. Can he be trusted, or was he sent over as part of an elaborate Russian ruse? The truth is more complex than Dodds can imagine.Based on years of experience covering foreign affairs for English newspapers, this is one of the first novels by Brian Freemantle, one of the finest espionage authors of the Cold War.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Brian Freemantle including rare photos from the author's personal collection.

In The Cloud Collector, acclaimed spy novelist Brian Freemantle turns his expert's eye to the frontlines of today's war on terror: the cryptic world of cyber warfare.When Western intelligence services recognize that a global jihadist attack has been initiated, the United States and the United Kingdom—-its primary targets—-lead a desperate counteroffensive. Sally Hanning, a brilliant British MI5 agent, is assigned to assist the CIA task force. She must help them hunt down the enemy mastermind along an intricately disguised online trail. To do so, she entails the services of Jack Irvine, a guilt-burdened NSA code-cracker, using enticements both personal and professional.Though they foil the terrorists' plans, the mastermind seems to elude the MI5 and the CIA every time. And as Sally and Jack prepare to head off a major, potentially devastating attack, they realize that the plot is far more sinister than they had ever thought possible.

Trapped at a desk job, Charlie Muffin uncovers a deadly KGB plot Charlie Muffin is too good to be working a desk. His rumpled clothes, worn-down visage, and ceaseless drinking may not make him look like a secret agent, but though the Secret Service won't admit it, he's the best they have. Charlie has been relegated to clerk work following a bust-up with the new director, an old foe who can't abide a slovenly agent. But after four months' paperwork, Charlie is about to discover something sensational. The Soviet Union is in its twilight, but before it goes out the KGB wants one more chance to kill Charlie Muffin. Using a pair of high-level traitors and a bit of vintage Cold War trickery, they weave a nasty trap for the overqualified clerk. Though he doesn't know it, Charlie is in a race with the USSR to see who will perish first. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Brian Freemantle including rare photos from the author's personal collection.

A fight for control of the world's largest hotel chain turns viciousHarry Rudd has put his past behind him. He has forgotten his impoverished roots, his carefree college days, and his life with Angela. Forgetting Angela has been the hardest, but Rudd does what he can to keep his wife, who died giving birth to their first child, out of his mind. It is time to focus on business.With Angela's death, Rudd inherited Best Rest, once a modest chain of Boston motels, now a global hospitality empire. For a company of such size, growth is crucial, and Rudd aims to expand quickly. But Best Rest has enemies the chairman doesn't know and when his company hits a speed bump, the obstacle could prove deadly for Best Rest—and for Rudd.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Brian Freemantle including rare photos from the author's personal collection.

Charlie Muffin, most devious of spies, has lived through the Cold War, outlasted the Soviet Union, circumvented the most lethal schemes of the late KGB, and survived a love affair with former KGB agent Natalia Fedova. Is it time to put him out to pasture? Director General Peter Miller, Charlie's new director, thinks so and turns Charlie into a schoolmaster, a teacher of spies. All seems set for Charlie in his new role until his apprentice, John Gower, is sent to Beijing to extract a British agent. Gower's mission quickly becomes a failure as he is imprisoned within days of his arrival, and Miller reluctantly dispatches Charlie to rescue Gower before he reveals all in the face of certain torture. But in espionage, the truth is elusive, dangerous, and never what you expect, and as Charlie gets more deeply involved he begins to wonder who is really pulling the strings now that the Cold War is over.