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Published Jan 2012
400 pages
Genre: Thrillers
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This gripping thriller from Thomas Caplan propels readers around the globe - from Hollywood to Rome, the Black Sea to the Mediterranean - and to the very brink of nuclear abyss.
The novel's charismatic hero, former covert operative Ty Hunter, has become, almost by accident, the number one film star in the world. When he is recruited on a clandestine mission to thwart the transfer of nuclear warheads into rogue hands, he must deploy every skill he has as an actor, soldier, and spy. Donning his fame as a disguise, Ty matches wits and muscle with the enigmatic billionaire Ian Santal and his nefarious protégé Philip Frost - two supremely sophisticated adversaries - even as he falls in love with the entrancing young woman closest to them both, the jewelry designer Isabella Cavill.
In prose that is both elegant and powerful, The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen gives us a breakneck parable of good and evil - and a hero in the tradition of James Bond and Jason Bourne, who is sure to become an icon of the genre.
"The rather tepid action that follows will lead readers to hope for more gunplay, explosions, and thrills in Ty's next adventure. Former president Bill Clinton, a roommate of the author's at Georgetown University, provides an introduction." - Publishers Weekly
"Characters are stock players, including Middle Easterners with disposable billions, a quartet of computer nerds and a bad guy escaping to plague Hunter in Caplan's next Bondian escapade. An adventure where atmosphere dominates action." - Kirkus Reviews
"Thomas Caplan has crafted an absorbing thriller of intrigue and menace that draws you into a vortex you can't escape until the end. The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen is the most ingenious thriller I've ever read." - Clive Cussler, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kingdom
"A highly sophisticated and entertaining thriller! With enviable finesse and accelerating tension, Caplan introduces us to a world of high and low life, West Wing officials and computer paladins, Hollywood stars and global financial wizards. Don't pick up this book if you have made plans for the evening." - Philip Bobbitt, author of The Shield of Achilles and Terror and Consent
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Thomas Caplan, a founder of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, is the author of three previous novels, Line of Chance, Parallelogram, and Grace and Favor. He lives in Maryland. To learn more, visit his website at www.thomascaplan.com.
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