02434cam a2200325 4500 759964710 TxAuBib 20221213120000.0 220624s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022029866 9781250080820 hbk. $27.99 1250080827 hbk. $27.99 (OCoLC)1333086216 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCF UKMGB HRF GL4 SDD YDX YU6 TxGR TxAuBib Christie, William, 1960-, author. The double agent [Book] : a novel / William Christie. First edition. New York, NY : Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2022. 345 pages ; 25 cm. "Alexsi Smirnoff - a Russian orphan - was trained as an agent by the Russian Secret Service and inserted into Nazi Germany, where he rose to a position in German intelligence services. As the war grinds on, trapped between two brutal dictatorships, Alexsi betrays both sides in a desperate ploy that succeeds...and fails. His false identities burned, his life at risk, Alexsi attempts to disappear in the hills - but is caught by the British. Recruited by the SIS, and by "C" himself, Alexsi is once again a double agent. Initially betrayed by a Soviet agent inside the SIS (Kim Philby), Alexsi is sent beyond the reach of the Soviets, into Italy with a new identity as a sergeant in the German army. Settled into the headquarters of Field Marshall Albert Kesselring, Alexsi finds himself at the nexus at a critical point in World War II, balancing between the various forces vying for control in the Vatican, the Italian resistance, and the brutal German Army determined to maintain control of Northern Italy. And Alexsi, finally forced to choose sides over his own survival. Sequel to the well-regarded A Single Spy, The Double Agent is a fast-paced, compelling novel of espionage in the most momentous and dangerous of times"-- Provided by publisher. 20221213. Intelligence officers Fiction. Undercover operations Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Soviet Union Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Germany Fiction. Spy stories. Historical fiction. Suspense fiction. RV8