Encouraged by the West to spearhead a pro-democracy movement, an outspoken refugee from the Tiananmen Square massacre finds help with his efforts in Quiller, a Western agent ordered to lead the rebel to safety. Reprint. NYT. PW. K. From Publishers WeeklyHis latest mission--his 16th--takes British intelligence agent Quiller on a tense adventure to exotic locales in the Far East. He is assigned to ensure a safe passage out of China for Dr. Xingyu Baibing, renowned Chinese astrophysicist and popular dissident leader. Xingyu's ouspoken support of democracy, which helped incite student rebellions culminating in the 1989 riots in Tiananmen Square, is shared by the ambassador Qiao, an intelligence source for the West. The assignment, which could signal the inception of a new Chinese leadership sympathetic to capitalism, is daunting to Quiller, but his anxiety seems to have been for naught in light of the anticlimactic ending. Insistently driving home the conflict between democracy and communism, Hall's characteristically lean prose offers some exciting moments, but several sequences, such as Quiller's secret stay in a Tibetan monastery, are needlessly drawn out. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Kirkus ReviewsBritish superspook Quiller (The Quiller Memorandum, Quiller Barracuda, etc.), weariest of all the sons of Bond, is assigned to protect a potential revolutionary from the Chinese government. The unlikely rabble-rouser is diabetic astrophysicist Dr. Xingyu Baibing, whose charismatic disaffection with the Communists since Tiananmen Square makes him the obvious rallying point for an armed counterrevolution that just might bring democracy to China--and who, expelled from the Party, has sought asylum with British diplomats who are bringing him to Hong Kong. Quiller's assignment: to meet Dr. Xingyu (``the messiah''), spirit him away from the Chinese agents who plan to grab him in Hong Kong (so they can brainwash him and send him back to China to sing a different tune), and smuggle him into Beijing as spokesman for the democratic revolutionaries. Everything that can go wrong does, of course: the operations coordinator is a turncoat; Dr. Xingyu wants to go back when he hears his wife's been arrested; Quiller has to break cover to get insulin in the Tibetan village where Xingyu's insisted on going to ground; and another cadre of free-lance revolutionaries wants to send Xingyu back to Beijing under their sponsorship. Hall's plotting is less intricate than usual, the precisely calibrated dangers little more than a series of riffs. But depressive, sententious Quiller is as good company as ever in this lesser entry in a fine series. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From Publishers WeeklyIn this latest Quiller espionage thriller, the eponymous agent, bored in London, takes on a rogue assignment-one the Bureau has not sanctioned but which is the private effort of one of the "controls," the enigmatic Flockhart. The mission: discover what Pol Pot is up to in his ongoing efforts to return the Khmer Rouge to power. Arriving in Phnom Penh, Quiller finds himself attracted to his first contact, a female French photographer who harbors an important secret, and suspicious of his field director. Following a narrow escape from a Khmer Rouge encampment, Quiller uncovers plans for yet another Cambodian bloodbath, to be directed by General Kheng, the man who has become Pol Pot's successor. As events come to a head, Quiller must either compromise his principles to change a nation's fate or allow millions of lives to be sacrificed. Aficionados of this series will no doubt find much to enjoy here, though a tendency toward repetition continues to mark Hall's style (the frequent use of the term "killing fields" becomes particularly irksome). Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From BooklistThe eighteenth entry in the Quiller espionage series--the first of which garnered Hall an Edgar almost 30 years ago--is as entertaining as its predecessors. Quiller, stoic as ever, is assigned to thwart a resurgent Khmer Rouge movement in Cambodia. The leader of the bloody rebel movement--Pol Pot--is reported to be in poor health. His handpicked successor, General Kheng, is Quiller's target. Left on his own, one can be sure Quiller could handle just about any situation, but as usual, he's saddled with a local control whose enigmatic personality is as much a hindrance as a help. Flockhart is his name, and he's been running a rogue mission parallel to the Bureau's. There's also a sexy photographer who uses her contacts to thwart the Khmer Rouge whenever she can. The series has a strong following, and though there are few surprises here, sometimes that's precisely what devoted fans want. Wes Lukowsky

Quiller's back to face the toughest mission of his career deep in the heart of the Sahara. His orders from the Tango Briefing are to locate a small downed plane, photograph its dead crew, and identify its cargo. But Quiller's assignment turns into a suicide mission. Originally published in the U.S. by Doubleday.

Somebody wants to spoil German unification, kill it dead. Who can it be? Who can find out? Who better than Quiller! On site Quiller moves fast...too fast. He finds the target but gets targeted himself. He needs all of his luck, cunning and skill or this could be his last case! "Nobody writes bettes espionage than Adam Hall!" (The New York Times)

In a remote corner of the Russo-Chinese border, home to a frozen city called Yelingrad, satellite cameras pick up a suspicious new Soviet missile complex. Flying a defector's MiG-28D at treetop level, Quiller goes in to investigate. But it's a one-way ticket for the superagent. . . . Previous publisher: Dell.

From the Publisher"The fly fell down." Quiller sent the message off to London as requested. He had just seen a supersonic jet plunge 60,000 feet to its destruction. It was the 36th crash, and more were to come--unless Quiller finds out who is to blame.That meant entering the deadly shadow world between East and West, where the name of the game was betrayal and the stakes were sky-high."If you are a Quiller fan this is for you. If you have never met him, it's time you did." (Charleston Evening Post)

Whirling silently through space, satellite cameras pick up a suspicious new Soviet missile complex which at all costs must be properly identified. The mission is carefully planned and carefully rehearsed. The latest and the fastest MiG, which a defecting Soviet pilot has conveniently landed in the West, is to fly at a treetop level until well into Soviet airspace and on course for the target. And the return journey? Well, that's up to Quiller. Quiller fans will also enjoy THE KOBRA MANIFESTO, THE NINTH DIRECTIVE and THE QUILLER MEMORANDRUM.…

Known only by his codename, Quiller epitomizes the British spy made so famous by Ian Fleming's James Bond. The bureau insists upon giving Quiller a partner even though he works best alone. Saddled with a raw recruit, Quiller's explosive Warsaw assignment could blow sky high.

For the first time, Quiller, the seasoned shadow executive of the anonymous Bureau in London, takes on a mission kept secret even from the head of the Bureau himself. Its code name is Salamander, its theater of operations Cambodia, its target Pol Pot, the architect of the infamous Killing Fields. Even as he arrives in the steaming heat of Phnom Penh, Quiller knows that he can trust neither Flockhart, his control in London, nor Pringle, his director in the field. His only ally is Gabrielle Bouchard, a young Eurasian photojournalist, who is waging her private vendetta against the murderous guerrillas of the Khmer Rouge. Endangered at every turn by Flockhart's reticence and the treacherous jungle, Quiller undertakes a suicide mission in the hope of saving Phnom Penh from an eleventh-hour attack by the Khmer Rouge intended to reinstate its bloody rule in Cambodia.

After his last mission (see QUILLER) and feeling betrayed by the London Bureau, Quiller accepts what seems a freelance assignment involving the drug trade and armed rebellion in Southeast Asia. In Singapore Quiller is nearly killed by assassins of a ruthless female leader named Shoda, and his mission will involve using voodoo-style fear to keep Shoda from igniting a bloodbath in the region.on QUILLER'S RUN:"Adam Hall writes the most exciting, original and authenticespionage novels to be found on bookshelves today." - The BannerPraise for the QUILLER Series:"For fans and students of the genre, it's a must ... pure adrenaline!"- The Chicago Times"Hall has created a new form: the spy thriller that is all action and yet cerebral, a writing feat few can match ... Hall delivers!"- The Boston Globe"Riveting and taut ... you won't be disappointed!"- The Denver Post"Quiller is one of suspense literature's great secret agents!"- The Houston Chronicle"Thrilling."- The Los Angeles Times"They don't get any tougher or more intelligent than the Quiller tales."- The Rocky Mountain News"Quiller is by now a primary reflex."- Kirkus Reviews"Tense, intelligent, harsh, surprising..."- The New York Times(Quiller is) "the greatest survival expert among contemporary secret agents."- The New York Times"Stunningly well done, tense, elliptical, without a misplaced word."- The New York Republic"Espionage at its best!"- The London Times"Breathless entertainment!"- The Associated Press"White-hot intensity."- The Washington PostPraise for ADAM HALL:"When it comes to espionage fiction, Adam Hall has no peer."- Eric Van Lustbader, author of ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE DOMINION"Tension in a novel is difficult to maintain at a pitch that actually creates a physical impact on the reader. A few of the best writers can do it, and among them is Adam Hall."- London Times Literary Supplement"Nobody writes espionage better than Adam Hall!"- The New York Times"[Adam Hall] is the unchallenged king of the spy story."- Buffalo News"Adam Hall is an exemplary writer and one of the few in this genre to do his job with a poet's skill and fierce pride in the language."- The Hong Kong Timesauthor bio:Elleston Trevor’s novels, plays, and short stories range from light, witty mysteries to dramas, usually about ordinary individuals experiencing extraordinary situations. To cover a wide diversity of subject matter Elleston wrote under various pseudonyms: Adam Hall, Trevor Burgess, Roger Fitzalan, Simon Rattray, Mansell Black, Caesar Smith, Howard North, Warwick Scott, and even a woman’s name, Lesley Stone. Elleston is best known for his classic, The Flight of the Phoenix, and for his nineteen novels about a spy named Quiller. In 1966, The Quiller Memorandum won the Edgar award for the best mystery of the year. The Flight of the Phoenix and Quiller Memorandum both became major motion pictures. The author was born Trevor Dudley Smith in London on February 17, 1920. He died in Scottsdale, Arizona, on July 21, 1995.

Summoned late at night to the Bureau, Quiller attends a secret conference with the foreign secretary and a surprise defector: the Chinese ambassador to Britain. Minutes later, shots ring out and the ambassador's body is flung out onto the sidewalk of a deserted London street, riddled with bullets. Searching for clues, Quiller flies to Calcutta to meet Sojourner, a key ally in the plan to bring democracy to China. But Sojourner is killed…thus two men, both dedicated to bringing freedom to their country, are dead. No wonder Quiller is skeptical about his next mission: smuggle a Chinese dissident into Tibet. "Tense, intelligent, harsh, surprising." (The New York Times)

In Bangkok on assignment, Quiller must assassinate a visitor so important he is only called "The Person", but before he can, he realizes that he is merely the bait in an elaborate scheme.

At the Tango briefing Quiller got his orders. Orders that sent him on a bizarre undercover operation, a double-suicide mission in the Sahara. His assignment: find and destroy a mysterious downed aircraft before the world learns of its existence, before its cargo is disclosed, and before enemy agents destroy the plane and possibly Quiller along with it! "Breathless excitement mounting to a screaming crescendo…a real stemwinder…the action is fast and deadly!" (Publisher's Source)

Quiller is back-still working without gun, cover or contacts-behind the Iron Curtain, hiding in a city where there is no place to hide. Trusting in a woman who can't be trusted. Rescuing a man he would rather kill. Trying to save a world that is already heading over the brink. Quiller is "the greatest survival expert among contemporary secret agents." (The New York Times) Adam Hall is "skillful as ever at stretching suspense to the screaming point." (Publishers Weekly)