Sleeping Soldiers

Tom Marlowe, Book 1

By: Jack Gatland

Narrated by: Alan Turton

They tried to kill him—now he wants revenge.

Someone is killing old spies. Retired and forgotten, these relics from the Cold War are being removed—quietly and brutally.

And when “Section D” MI5 agent Tom Marlowe, on medical leave after a botched mission, learns his old mentor is one of the murdered ex-agents, he starts an investigation that threatens to cost him his career, his freedom…and even his life.

Uncovering a conspiracy linked to a late-80s operation called RUBICON, one involving long-forgotten Russian sleeper agents, now operating in the highest echelons of Westminster, Marlowe is thrown down a rabbit hole that forces him off the grid and on the run, hunted by his own people.

Out in the cold, with his air supply cut off, burned from working with any allied agency and with only disavowed spies to rely on, Marlowe must try to clear his name and expose this threat, before the US President is assassinated during his next London visit….

Gripping, thrilling, filled with action and written by New York Times number one best seller Tony Lee writing as Jack Gatland, Sleeping Soldiers is perfect for fans of James Patterson, Mark Dawson, Lee Child, Mick Herron, and Robert Ludlum, among others.

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Great new series!

I loved this new series from Jack Gatland. Tom Marlowe was great in the DI Walsh books and I can’t wait to see what he gets up to in this series.

Engaging characters amid the fray

The moral conundrums and conflicting allegiances are more interesting that the spycraft and combat. The author does a good job with characters, though I gain a lot by familiarity with them from the DI Declan Walsh series. I enjoyed having Tom Marlowe as the protagonist.

Intriguing story

I liked the story, action, spies and intrigue. The narrator was wonderful but with so many characters and double agents the names got confusing. It might have been easier to digest and follow had I been reading it.
Even so, great book.

Non-stop thriller

Tom Marlowe is on his own, being an outcast from MI15. He is on the run. Tremendous story line and full of suspense as he and Trix go to the states to find it’s just as bad for them there as it was in the UK. Narrator is fantastic and brings the story to live. Can’t wait to read the next chapter.

Inconsistent plot lines, completely unrealistic scenarios.

Good intrigue and twisting plot, inconsistent details and poorly researched scenarios that are inaccurate and trivialize plot