A brand-new edition of the classic thriller.
Matt Helm, newly reinstated counter-agent, has a mission. He must travel to the wastes of northern Sweden and dispose of Caselius, a wraith-like operator with a genius for destruction. But amid a bewildering web of deceit woven by the enemy agent, his only ally deceased and help a thousand miles away, Helm soon realises he must track down his deadly prey alone.
"Donald Hamilton has brought to the spy novel the authentic hard realism of Dashiell Hammett; and his stories are as compelling, and probably as close to the sordid truth of espionage, as any now being told." —New York Times
“Helm is about as credible a figure as one can find in the espionage genre.” —The New Republic
“Helm is a genuinely tough and tough-minded protagonist… your reading diet lacks essential vitamins if you overlook him.” —New York Times
“The appearance of a new Matt Helm story is always good news.” —Chicago Tribune
“This series by Donald Hamilton is the top-ranking American secret agent fare, with its intelligent protagonist and an author who consistently writes in high style. Good writing, slick plotting and stimulating characters, all tartly flavored with wit” —Book Week
“With Matt Helm, Donald Hamilton helped start the spy adventure genre. I welcome the reissue of these books so that readers can experience this mythic hero." —David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Murder as Fine Art
“Fast, tightly written, brutal, and very good…” —Milwaukee Journal