In a stunning display of storytelling reminiscent of his blockbuster "Kane & Abel", Jeffrey Archer creates two extraordinary protagonists, whose life stories could have been taken from today's headlines, and pits them against each other as each strives to be the first to create a global media empire and become the most powerful man on earth.
At first glance, Richard Armstrong and Keith Townsend seem to have little in common, but both of them are gamblers and are prepared to risk everything in their battle to control the biggest media empire in the world. Only one of them will succeed.
In the 1960s four new MPs take their seats at Westminster. Over three decades they share the passions of the race for power with their wives and families, men and women caught up in a game for the highest stakes of all. But only one man can gain the ultimate goal - the office of Prime Minster.
El undécimo mandamiento es, para un agente de la CIA, el de no dejarse atrapar y, si ello sucediera, negarlo todo. CONNOR Fitzgerald había pecado contra el undécimo mandamiento. Veintiocho años en la agencia iban a concluir de la peor de las maneras en una fria prision de San Petersburgo. Sin duda, su pecado es lo que le ha puesto en esa situacion, pero, por encima de el.
The sensational new novel from 'the greatest storyteller of our age' (Mail on Sunday). Connor Fitzgerald is the professional's professional. Holder of the Medal of Honor. Devoted family man. Servant of his country. The CIA's most deadly weapon. But for the past twenty-eight years, Fitzgerald has been leading a double life. And only days from his retirement from the Agency, he comes across an enemy even he cannot handle. The enemy is his own boss, the Director of the CIA. And she has only one purpose: to destroy him. Meanwhile, the United States is faced with an equally formidable foe: a new ...
When CIA assassin Connor Fitzgerald is captured by the Russians, he must do all he can to keep the "eleventh commandment," which dictates that agents must never disclose their ties to the CIA. With his life depending on the outcome of a power struggle between the president and the CIA director, Fitzgerald finds himself between a rock and a very cold, hard place.
