{"product_id":"9780399146411","title":"A Gathering of Spies","description":" Every once in a while, a new thriller writer emerges with such an instant command of his craft that readers everywhere take notice. Such a one is John Altman, with \u003ci\u003eA Gathering of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn l943, America thought it had rounded up all the German spies on its soil. It was wrong. Now, Germany's greatest weapon-a woman with special talents, both for tradecraft and for death-is headed home with critical information about the still-developing atomic bomb, and the Allies' chief hope for stopping her is a British agent with agendas of his own.  Originally recruited into MI5 to pose as a double agent, he's been telling the Germans that he'd do anything to free his wife, a prisoner of a Polish concentration camp. This happens to be true. The question is: How much would he really do to set her free? Where are his loyalties exactly?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the two spies play cat-and-mouse games across three countries, the ambiguities deepen, each figure showing new sides, each action providing new twists, until at last both agents are swept into a series of climaxes as unpredictable as they are inevitable.  This is suspense writing at its best-and the beginning of a brilliant new career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"If there are thriller writers better than this, I'd like to know who  they are. John Altman is a major new talent on the scene.\"-Jack Higgins  ","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025201610992,"sku":"9780399146411","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780399146411_p0.gif?v=1763698371","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780399146411","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}