The gripping new Lachlan Fox novel from the author of Fox Hunt, Patriot Act, Blood Oil and Liquid Gold.Just a few days after the conclusion of Liquid Gold, Lachlan Fox is thrown back into the midst of the action when the dangerous and powerful Umbra organization offers to trade a man they’ve taken hostage for one of their own operatives. After the CIA claim they won t negotiate with terrorists, Umbra begins to cut off the natural gas supply to Europe. This is just a small indication of the level of chaos they re prepared to inflict. Assassinations follow…Red Ice is a post-cold war thriller set in an unstable Europe, where control of resources equals true power. It s a novel in which Russia is under the influence of corrupt capitalists, the pace is non-stop, the stakes are inconceivably high, the villain a true megalomaniac – and ex-Navy hero Lachlan Fox is seriously challenged.The Lachlan Fox Series Fox Hunt Patriot Act Blood Oil Liquid Gold Red Ice The Jed Walker Series The Spy The Hunted James Phelan is the bestselling author of twenty-four novels and one work of non-fiction. From his teens he wanted to be a novelist but first tried his hand at a real job, studying and working in architecture before turning to English literature, spending five years at a newspaper and obtaining an MA and Ph D in writing. James has published five thrillers in the Lachlan Fox series: Fox Hunt, Patriot Act, Blood Oil, Liquid Gold and Red Ice, as well as the Alone Trilogy of young adult post-apocalyptic novels for Hachette Children’s and a thirteen-book series for Scholastic. Jed Walker was first introduced in 2013’s The Spy, which was followed by The Hunted and Kill Switch in 2015. James lives in Melbourne.For more information visit jamesphelan.com.au