{"product_id":"the-spy-bazaar-paperback","title":"The Spy Bazaar - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Alcroft\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA soldier turned secret agent. A student turned traitor. And a detective turned criminal. One's loyalty can change very quickly when you put a price on it, as these three men discover at The Spy Bazaar. Europe, 1910. The Great Powers are on the brink of the carnage of the Great War, and Britain's new Secret Service Bureau needs answers. Short of agents, the Bureau convinces ex-Black Watch soldier Nicholas Walsh to find any evidence he can of a German surprise attack that could threaten the British Isles. Walsh has seen enough of war and wants to return to a quiet civilian life, but he agrees to take on this mission out of loyalty to one of his former commanders. As Walsh learns to navigate the spy bazaar of Brussels, where European military secrets are bought, sold, and stolen throughout the city, he stumbles onto a technical innovation that could determine Britain's fate in a war with the Triple Alliance. The information is locked in the mind of a young German scientist who has fled to Brussels, and someone wants him back in Germany - at any price. Walsh fights to protect his scientist, and tries to prise funds out of the British government to pay for the information, while unknown forces obstruct his efforts. Walsh also needs to determine if the technical secret is a genuine offer or a ploy by the Germans to expose his identity and mission. To complete his task, Walsh is forced to seek assistance from the Brussels underworld without jeopardising his own identity - and his life. Along the way he struggles against corrupt detectives, Sûreté officers, reckless anarchists, competing intelligence operatives, opportunistic criminals, and hired killers. They share only one thing in common: they all ply their trades at The Spy Bazaar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Alcroft is the pen name of Dr ME Smith, an American professor of international relations in Scotland. He is a former Fulbright scholar to the European Union in Brussels, where 'The Spy Bazaar' is set, and has lived in Europe for eight years. He specialises in the study of international security, technology, and military history, particularly involving the causes and consequences of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 414\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53597302751597,"sku":"9780957407626","price":27.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/7w0mvVcQEa9780957407626.webp?v=1784937935","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-spy-bazaar-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}