Ultimatum: The Explosive Thriller from the No. 1 Bestseller

SIS officer Luke Carlton returns in the explosive, action-packed and unerringly authentic new thriller from BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner, author of the acclaimed No.1 bestseller Crisis . . . Deep within a cave system at the Iranian military complex of Parchin, south-east of Tehran, and hidden from the prying eyes of Western satellites, scientists are working round-the-clock on a banned device. Acting on the orders of a renegade cell within the ultra-conservative Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, their intention is to propel Iran into the elite club of nuclear-armed nations – and seal its domination of the entire Middle East. Britain's intelligence agencies know something is up – they have a mole inside the programme. Ready to hand over the information, he must first get out of Iran. Crossing the mountainous border into Armenia, he was due to rendezvous with MI6 agent Luke Carlton at a remote, snowbound monastery. But the... ________ ‘crisis . . . Was Much Admired . . . The Second In His Luke Carlton Series Is Even Better’ Sunday Times _________ Hidden From Prying Western Satellites, Iranian Scientists Work On A Banned Device. They Are Acting On The Orders Of A Renegade Cell Within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, Whose Objective Is To Transform Their Country Into A Nuclear-armed Nation, And So Seal Its Domination Of The Middle East. Britain’s Intelligence Agencies Know Something Is Up. Someone On The Inside Is Ready To Hand Over Information - But Then The Rendezvous With Sis Officer Luke Carlton Goes Bloodily Wrong. Luke Needs To Be Extracted. Fast. Forced On To The Back Foot After That Fiasco, Mi6 Sees An Opportunity To Recruit An Individual With Unique Access To The Irgc Hardliners. Luke Is Chosen To Reel Them In. Going Into Iran Undercover Is Dangerous Enough, But Then There’s A Killing And A Kidnapping And The British Government Is Presented With A Shocking Ultimatum. With Time Running Out, It Seems Only Luke Can Stop A Cataclysmic New War In The Gulf . . . ________ ‘skilfully Mixes Knowledge Garnered As The Bbc’s Security Correspondent With Breathless Action’ The Times Don't Miss Frank Gardner's First Luke Carlton Thriller - The No. 1 Bestselling Crisis. 'It grips like a python from the first page, squeezing the breath out of the reader' DAILY MAIL 'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES 'Breathless action' THE TIMES Hidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . . They are acting on the orders of a renegade cell within Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose objective is to transform their country into a nuclear-armed nation, and so seal its domination of the Middle East. Britain's intelligence agencies know something is up. Someone on the inside is ready to hand over information - but the rendezvous with SIS officer Luke Carlton goes bloodily wrong . . . Then MI6 sees an opportunity to recruit an individual with unique access to the IRGC hardliners. Luke is chosen to reel them in. Going into Iran undercover is dangerous enough, but then there's a killing and a kidnapping and the British government is presented with a shocking ultimatum. With time running out, it seems only Luke can stop a cataclysmic new war in the Gulf . . . ________ Readers love Ultimatum : ***** 'An action-packed thriller . . . very authentic' ***** 'A real page turner . . . thrilling adventure' ***** 'Gripping page turner that keeps you glued to the story' After helping to avert a deadly attack on London, Luke Carlton has been welcomed onboard as a full-fledged member of SIS and is assigned the role of case officer running agents. He is sent undercover into Iran to turn and recruit an officer in that country's infamous Revolutionary Guard Corps. The word is that a conservative group within the IRGC doesn't like the direction postrevolutionary Iran appears to be taking and are planning something big to embarrass their own government and frighten the country's new allies in the West. The intelligence services need to find out who and what, and fast, but then a senior British government minister on an official visit to Iran goes missing, and his close protection officers are found murdered