Soldier Spy - Tom Marcus (Hardcover)
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9780718184841
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 1 Sep 2016
- Supply Source
- UK
Book
- Authors
- James Carus
Tom Marcus
- Binding
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 336
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 x 153mm (585g)
Summary
For the very first time an MI5 undercover surveillance officer
provides an unputdownable, eye-opening account of the on-going
struggle to keep Britain's streets safe and terror free. 'Gripping.
One of the most successful MI5 undercover surveillance officers of
his time' Sun 'Very well written, gives a startling amount of
operational detail, the biggest shock of all - MI5 agreed to its
publication' Sunday Times In the boot were six homemade pipe bombs,
all linked to detonate at the same time from a single call on a
brand-new pay-as-you-go phone found on the target. Special Branch
also found Chinese Type 56 assault rifles with eight full magazines
full of ammunition. His target was a local school. He planned to
attack two coaches of teenagers returning home after a school trip
to France. Approximately sixty children, their accompanying
teachers and their waiting parents. He was going to kill them all .
. . Tom Marcus was recruited by MI5 in the wake of the 7/7 attacks
on London. After five years spent undercover as part of a covert
British Army special operations unit he offered the Security
Service the edge they so desperately needed. Following months of
intensive training, Marcus was thrown into a world of relentless,
unimaginable pressure; a never-ending struggle to prevent terrorist
atrocities on our city streets, foil devastating strikes against
the nation's infrastructure, and keep our country's secrets safe
from foreign spies. Split second decisions carried life or death
consequences. And not all his colleagues would survive the fight.
In this explosive first-hand account, Soldier Spy lifts the lid on
the war being waged by MI5 to keep us safe in our towns and cities
for the first time; a blistering, visceral insight into life on the
front line against terror, revealed in never-before-seen detail.
Non-Fiction
- General Subject
- Military
- BISAC Subject 1
- Biography & Autobiography / Military
- BISAC Subject 2
- Biography & Autobiography / Political
- BISAC Subject 3
- True Crime / Espionage
- BISAC Subject 4
- Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
- BIC Classification 1
- Memoirs
- BIC Classification 2
- Memoirs
- Dewey Classification
- 327.12092
Author Bio
Tom Marcus lives in London.