Once regarded by MI6 as their best field intelligence officer, John Saxon exposed the wrong people in Washington and London and found himself framed, disgraced and on the shelf.
Saxon now has a new and quieter life inside the BBC under a false identity, with open-cockpit aerobatics his only excitement.
Then, his anonymity explodes when the corrupt Washington power-broker who caused his downfall suddenly reappears.
Saxon finds himself on the run, with no resources, no credibility and powerless to investigate a conspiracy to carry out a terrorist attack on London.
He is saved initially by a feisty American yachtswoman but when he needs more help, Saxon is encouraged to call in favours from his many friends in Special Forces. He refuses, afraid of jeopardising their careers.
But these are no ordinary friends. They come anyway, forming the Saxon Network around him, and he finds himself leading a formidable team that is determined to get him out of trouble and block the terrorist attack.
Saxon now has a new and quieter life inside the BBC under a false identity, with open-cockpit aerobatics his only excitement.
Then, his anonymity explodes when the corrupt Washington power-broker who caused his downfall suddenly reappears.
Saxon finds himself on the run, with no resources, no credibility and powerless to investigate a conspiracy to carry out a terrorist attack on London.
He is saved initially by a feisty American yachtswoman but when he needs more help, Saxon is encouraged to call in favours from his many friends in Special Forces. He refuses, afraid of jeopardising their careers.
But these are no ordinary friends. They come anyway, forming the Saxon Network around him, and he finds himself leading a formidable team that is determined to get him out of trouble and block the terrorist attack.
Praise for the Saxon Network
Five Star (genuine) Amazon reviews
"Has all the ingredients of the thriller genre: the ultra-cool hero (muscular, technologically savvy, emotionally
mature, politically sophisticated former MI6 agent John Saxon); a support cast of loyal mavericks (the
eponymous network); the cruel spymaster; the suitably nasty villains (a consortium of crooked financiers,
Russian mafia types, and CIA-linked Neocons bent starting another Middle Eastern war). The book has
vicious fights, tender scenes, and breathless chases, and a jaw-dropping grand finale."
"Couldn't put this thriller down - it is like a novel version of the TV series Spooks! There's lots of interesting
background information about the workings of the BBC World Service, a romance with a strong competent
heroine and a plot to implicate Iran in a biological attack on Britain."
"A page turner of a thriller where terrorism, politics, money, and international conspiracies produce a toxic
cocktail about to drown the good guy for ever. Step in true and dauntless friends to help a hero in need. If I
were an action film producer I'd option for the rights to this now. An excellent holiday read."
"The Saxon Network delivered on all fronts. A breath taking and intricate web of characters, politics and
corporate interests are resolved through a prism of clarity that only a veteran foreign correspondent and
wordsmith could weave and then unravel but with the reader still hanging on for dear life!"
"A very compelling thriller. It's full of interesting insights into the inner workings of the BBC, good
characterization including that of a confident heroine John Saxon falls for, and a plot that is quite riveting with
a biological attack on London threatened."