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Brutal Fantasies Kindle Edition
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Darcy plunges deeper into an undercover operation that the CIA will disown should he fail. He’s on his own in a terrorist world that operates according to its own rules. His quest forces him to confront not only the fanaticism of the bomber but also the woman who rejected him, the God he rejected, and the truths of his own clandestine operations.
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In this stunning psychological thriller, John Hands takes us on a powerful journey of suspense which forces a man to choose between the most precious thing in his life and his own redemption.
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REVIEWS
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“Why are John Hands's beautifully crafted thrillers (Darkness at Dawn, Perestroika Christi), which are published in hardcover in England to much critical acclaim, issued only as paperbacks in the United States? Whatever the reason, this has to be the best reading bargain in the business… A top CIA agent, John Darcy, quickly brought to life with the kind of details that only an artist would include, is forced to take independent action when a ghost from his own past combines with an act of horrific destruction.”
—Editorial Review, Amazon.com
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“Excellent. A psychological thriller about the compromised soul of the secret agent... The character of John Darcy is as convincing as any I have encountered in espionage fiction... Hands builds and holds a palpable sense of tension that has all the drama and intimacy of good theatre. The achingly tantalizing crawl towards the climax is a masterpiece of suspense.”
—Peter Millar, The Times
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“Hands creates a real depth of feeling between the central figures in one of the year's best espionage novels.”
—Michael Hartland, Daily Telegraph
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“This book is not merely a thriller. It is a novel of great profundity... One of the best novels I have read for a very long time. It deserves not only to become a best seller on its own merits, but also because it will promote greater understanding of the best and worst of humanity.”
—Jonathan Kemp, Catholic Herald
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“A suspenseful and informative read.”
—Lise Hand, Sunday Independent
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“John Hands’s Brutal Fantasies prophetically deals with an IRA bomb which shatters the peace process… As in Hands’s two previous novels, the research is careful and perceptive, the characters complex and three-dimensional, the action punchy.”
—The Sunday Times
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“Chilling… (Hands) obviously knows the world of counter-intelligence inside out.”
—Peter Grosvenor, Daily Express
. “This is the best intelligence/counterinsurgency story I have ever read. Mr Hands displays a remarkable insight into the political mind and the minds of its agents…his research is truly remarkable as is his grasp of current history. This is not an action thriller—although there is no shortage of action—but a well-told story of the thoughts and reactions of an operative in whom there is a battle in progress between his indoctrination and his own moral judgement. It cries out for a follow-up.”
—Electrical Mail
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“Grimly realistic.”
—Sharon Barnes, In Dublin
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date20 October 2015
- File size917 KB
Product description
From the Back Cover
A bomb shatters the Northern Ireland peace process. John Darcy, an Irish American CIA officer, seizes the opportunity to redeem his failed professional and personal life by finding the terrorist.
His quest forces him to confront not only the fanaticism of the bomber but also the woman who rejected him, the God he rejected, and the truth of his own clandestine operations.
In this stunning novel John Hands takes us on a powerful psychological journey of suspense which asks: who is the terrorist?
“Excellent”
THE TIMES
“One of the year’s best espionage novels”
DAILY TELEGRAPH
“One of the best novels I have read for a very long time”
CATHOLIC HERALD
“Grimly realistic”
IN DUBLIN
“Chilling”
DAILY EXPRESS
Amazon.com Review
Product details
- ASIN : B016XZY0BA
- Publisher : Castleton Publishers; 2nd edition (20 October 2015)
- Language : English
- File size : 917 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 320 pages
About the author

John Hands devoted more than ten years to evaluating scientific theories about human evolution from the origin of the universe, resulting in the award-winning COSMOSAPIENS, published in the UK, USA, Germany, China, Spain, Korea, and Romania. He graduated in science from the University of London, and then founded the Society for Co-operative Dwellings, published Housing Co-operatives, and scripted, directed, and presented a documentary More Than a Place to Live for BBC2 Television. He was the founding Director of the UK Government’s Co-operative Housing Agency. His three critically acclaimed novels, Perestroika Christi, Darkness at Dawn, and Brutal Fantasies were published in the UK and USA, while Perestroika Christi was also published in Germany, Brazil, Russia, Hungary, Poland, and Ukraine. He was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at University College London for 5 years. Previously he had taught physics for Britain’s Open University for 4 years.
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