REDWOOD

The pre eminent historian of the secret world Mick Herron author of Slow HorsesFrom the multi million copy bestselling historian the remarkable unknown Cold War story of how one spy saved the world from nuclear warThe year is 1981 Tehran is in violent turmoil in the wake of the Iranian Revolution The Soviets are planning to overthrow the Ayatollah s fledgling Islamist regime If they do so one response from America unknown to the public would be to use nuclear weapons This is the story of how at the height of the Cold War one mysterious double agent known to MI6 as Redwood revealed the Kremlin s secret plot and prevented Armageddon This unsung hitherto unknown hero of the Cold War a six foot four Russian intelligence officer had a problem a sexual secret one that if revealed would turn his life upside down So he reached out to MI6 believing it to have the only solution in return for the KGB s deepest secrets And then facing exposure he demanded that the British try to smuggle him out of Iran in a high stakes escape plan This is the gripping tale of one man s courage about friendship marriage betrayal and sexual dysfunction and about how decisions made in secret can have huge long term ramifications Drawing on never before see