The Agent Runner

Like The Spy Who Came in from the Cold for the Great Game playing out South Asia today, the tautly written, richly textured, gripping tale of a double agent in Pakistan's notorious ISI intelligence service and his jaded veteran British handler, or agent runner, when they stumble on the biggest prize of all in the war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

Simon Conway was born in California in 1967 and educated in the UK. He is a former British army officer and international aid worker who has cleared landmines and other hazardous debris of war in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Caucasus. He currently serves as an executive chair on the board of the Halo Trust, a mine clearance charity. The author of several previous novels, he won the Ian Fleming Silver Dagger Award forA Loyal Spy. He lives in Scotland with his wife and two daughters.