The Devastators (Matt Helm Series #9)

by Donald Hamilton

Overview

On a lonely heath in northern Scotland they recovered the body of the third agent sent to complete a tricky mission. He had died from bubonic plague. Somewhere on the moors was a half-crazed scientific genius who could kill millions, and it was Helm’s job to get him, with the help of a beautiful American operative and a deadly Russian one.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783292899
Publisher:	Titan
Publication date:	04/08/2014
Series:	Matt Helm Series , #9
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	728 KB

About the Author

Donald Hamilton is the creator of Matt Helm, star of 27 novels that have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden, attended the University of Chicago, and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve. His writing career began in 1946 with short stories for Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post. His first novel was Date With Darkness, published in 1947, and altogether he published 38 novels. The first Matt Helm novel, Death of a Citizen, was originally published in 1960, at the height of the Cold War.

Editorial Reviews

Donald Hamilton has Hammett; and his stories are as compelling, and probably as close to the sordid truth of espionage, as any now being told.”

praise for the author New York Times

Helm is about as credible a figure as one can find in the espionage genre.”

praise for the author New Republic

A real world with a real character.”

Tom Clancy