A tense story of a spy undercover during the First World War, Andrew Williams recreates the early years of the Secret Service as evocatively as anything by John le Carr? or Robert Harris. The Poison Tide is the first in a series of novels set in that world and 'possesses a richness of characterisation and intelligence that few thrillers can match' Sunday Times. 1915. German guns are on their way to Ireland. The British government faces its worst nightmare; insurrection at home while it struggles with bloody stalemate on the Western Front. British spy Sebastian Wolff, of the new Secret Service Bureau, is given the task of hunting down its enemies: one a traitor reviled by the society that honoured him as a national hero; the other a German-American doctor who, instead of healing the sick, is developing a terrifying new weapon that he will use in the country of his birth. Wolff's mission will take him undercover into the corridors of power in Berlin, then across the Atlantic in a race against time to prevent the destruction of the ships and supplies Britain so desperately needs to stave off defeat

Andrew Williams

London: John Murray

John Murray Press

Hodder Paperback

Sceptre

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

2021

torn page

472 pages ; 20 cm
"1915. The British government faces its worst nightmare. German guns on their way to Ireland and bloody stalemate on the Western Front. In London Sebastian Wolff is charged by the Secret Service Bureau with hunting down the enemy: a traitor reviled by the nation that hailed him as a hero, and a German-American doctor who is developing a terrifying new weapon that will change the face of war. Wolff's spy mission will take him deep undercover into the corridors of power in Berlin, then across the Atlantic in a race against time to prevent catastrophe. In total war there are no limits. But what about the human cost?"--Page 4 of cover
Originally published: 2012
1915. German guns are on their way to Ireland. The British government faces its worst nightmare; insurrection at home while it struggles with bloody stalemate on the Western Front. A British spy, Sebastian Wolff of the new Secret Service Bureau, is given the task of hunting down its enemies: one a traitor reviled by the society that honoured him as a national hero; the other a German-American doctor who, instead of healing the sick, is developing a terrifying new weapon that he will use in the country of his birth. Wolff's mission will take him undercover into the corridors of power in Berlin, then across the Atlantic in a race against time to prevent the destruction of the ships and supplies Britain so desperately needs to stave off defeat

2023-06-28