Berlin - gem
British agent Bernard Samson returns to divided Berlin to rescue a valuable source. Suspicions of a mole within his own Service turn the mission into a dangerous test of loyalty.
One of Britain’s most valuable sources in East Germany, code-named Brahms Four, demands an urgent escape to the West. Fearing exposure, he trusts only Bernard Samson, an experienced intelligence officer now working behind a London desk. Samson must return to Berlin, a city bound to his past and longstanding loyalties.
The rescue is complicated by evidence that a senior figure within British intelligence may be a mole. Any plan could already be known to the opposition, making trust itself a liability. As Samson tries to protect his source and identify the traitor, professional judgement becomes entangled with personal relationships.
His stalled career contrasts with the advancement of more ambitious colleagues, including his wife Fiona. Office rivalries, marital uncertainty and Cold War divisions shape a world in which institutional allegiance offers little assurance of genuine loyalty.
Berlin Game begins the trilogy continued in Mexico Set and London Match. Len Deighton combines a tense intelligence operation with sardonic observations of hierarchy and a portrait of a man forced to question his understanding of those closest to him.
Multiple copies are available
