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Cold Sunset: A Gabriel Dax Novel

by William Boyd

A Cold War mission in Moscow

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A Cold War mission in Moscow

Set in 1964, the novel places reluctant spy Gabriel Dax in Moscow with a mission involving a mysterious Blanco drawing and Kit Caldwell, a celebrated Soviet defector who fears the KGB suspects him of betrayal. Caldwell asks Dax to help him escape across the Russian border into Finland; Dax’s handler, Faith Green, then orders him to assist. The assignment brings espionage, a planned border crossing, and uncertain loyalties into the same operation, with the tension built around who can be trusted and what devotion may conceal. It is the third Gabriel Dax novel, joining its character’s spy work to the political atmosphere of the Cold War.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Cold War espionage fiction and Soviet settings.
  • Readers following the Gabriel Dax novels.
  • Readers who enjoy plots involving double agents, shifting loyalties, and escape plans.

Themes

Espionage and counterintelligenceLoyalty and betrayalDefection and escapeTrust under political pressure

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Book overview

"William Boyd once again brings to the spy novel his particular storytelling genius. The result is brilliant fun."--Mick Herron

"One of my favorite authors--he never disappoints."--Kate Atkinson

From the internationally bestselling author, the third literary thriller starring beloved reluctant spy Gabriel Dax draws readers deep into a shadow-drenched world where loyalty blurs, treachery abounds, and any misstep could be fatal

It is 1964, and Cold War Moscow is smoldering with secrets. Travel writer-turned-spy Gabriel Dax has been tasked with delivering a mysterious Blanco drawing to Kit Caldwell, the triple-agent and celebrated "defector" now leading the well-heeled life of a Hero of the Soviet Union.

But Caldwell is convinced that the KGB suspects him of treachery. He wants Gabriel to do the impossible and smuggle him over the Russian border to Finland. When Gabriel is ordered to help by his enigmatic handler Faith Green, he is pulled into a web of shifting loyalties and dangerous escape plans. As tensions rise and trust fractures, he is forced to confront the fine line between devotion and deception . . .

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