PRAISE FOR DAVID DOWNING
‘Stands with Alan Furst for authentic detail and atmosphere’
Donald James, author of Monstrum
‘Think Robert Harris and Fatherland mixed with a dash of
Le Carré’
Sue Baker, Publishing News
‘A wonderfully drawn spy novel … A very auspicious début,
with more to come’
The Bookseller on Zoo Station
‘Excellent and evocative … Downing’s strength is his
fleshing out of the tense and often dangerous nature of
everyday life in a totalitarian state’
The Times on Silesian Station
‘Exciting and frightening all at once … It’s got everything
going for it’
Julie Walters
‘One of the brightest lights in the shadowy world of
historical spy fiction’
Birmingham Post