Icarus 17

In the newest entry in Charles Cumming’s bestselling BOX 88 series, master spy Lachlan Kite heads to Athens, Greece, after an old flame asks for help locating her missing son.

Max Radinsky thought he was living the perfect life in Athens. But when his girlfriend, Yasmine, is forced to flee the city, Max joins her on a desperate journey across Greece. What begins as an escape becomes a fight for survival as the young couple are targeted by an international manhunt. Untrained and living off their wits, they know their luck won’t last forever…

Lachlan Kite, head of covert intelligence service BOX 88, hasn’t seen his former lover, Martha Raine, for more than twenty years. But when Martha begs his help in finding her missing son, Kite has no choice but to act. What they uncover is worse than either could have imagined. Yasmine is carrying a secret which could destabilize the Middle East for a generation—and a team of merciless Israeli intelligence agents have been given orders to kill her on sight.

To save Max—and stop a global crisis—Kite and Martha must reach the young couple before their pursuers close in. A thrilling, complex tale, the depth of which is matched by its page-turning suspense, Icarus 17 once again proves Charles Cumming to be one of the greatest writers of the modern day spy novel.

The plot is intricate and its incidents satisfyingly interconnected, each small development fitting into a tapestry of espionage and international relations. . . . A subtle international thriller that offers simmering suspense and political insight.”
―Kirkus

If there was any question as to who is the rightful inheritor of John le Carré’s crown as the king of elegant spy fiction, Icarus 17 proves that it’s Cumming beyond any doubt.”
―The Observer

Charles Cumming is by some distance the best of the inheritors of the le Carré crown. . . . it’s the best new series of novels to come out in this world.”
―Alex Preston, author of A Stranger in Corfu

Charles Cumming continues to knock it out of the park with his terrific espionage stories told against the backdrop of the modern global landscape. I can only hope that he has many more BOX 88 tales up his sleeve.”
—BookReporter

Cumming handles a lively cast with the easy confidence of a master storyteller in this hefty, satisfying read.”
—Financial Times

“I have read all of the books in this series and consider it to be one of the best espionage/action thriller series being published today. Charles Cumming writes with great intelligence and pacing. His plots are fresh and highly creative.”
—Deadly Pleasures Magazine

Charles Cumming is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of thirteen novels, including A Spy by Nature, Typhoon, The Trinity Six, the Thomas Kell trilogy, and the BOX 88 series. He is also the screenwriter of the Gerard Butler action movie Plane.