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To Break a Handler: A Gripping MI6 Spy Thriller of Psychological Conspiracy and Deception
You think you know what's real. You trust the voice on the other end of the line. But what if the only one you can't trust is yourself?For MI6 handler Nigel Shaw, control is safety. From the sterile quiet of his London control room, he guides spies through the shadows, trusting protocol to keep them alive.
That trust is shattered when his best asset goes silent. A desperate, unauthorized attempt to make contact connects him not to his agent, but to a ghost on the line—a calm, bodiless voice that knows his name, his past, and his most deeply buried secrets.
As the voice expertly dismantles his reality, it feeds him poisoned intelligence, turning him into a pawn. Framed as unstable and paranoid, Nigel finds himself hunted not by a foreign power, but by his own colleagues, who see a rogue agent where a loyal man once stood.
Trapped in his control room with a security team breaking down the door, Nigel is forced to open a file that proves the his entire life is a lie. To survive, he must trust the phantom that destroyed him to uncover the truth, or be erased by the very people he swore to serve. Who is the ghost? What is the lie? And who is the real enemy?
How do you prove you're real when your own mind is the crime scene?
A tense and claustrophobic psychological spy thriller perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and John le Carré.
That trust is shattered when his best asset goes silent. A desperate, unauthorized attempt to make contact connects him not to his agent, but to a ghost on the line—a calm, bodiless voice that knows his name, his past, and his most deeply buried secrets.
As the voice expertly dismantles his reality, it feeds him poisoned intelligence, turning him into a pawn. Framed as unstable and paranoid, Nigel finds himself hunted not by a foreign power, but by his own colleagues, who see a rogue agent where a loyal man once stood.
Trapped in his control room with a security team breaking down the door, Nigel is forced to open a file that proves the his entire life is a lie. To survive, he must trust the phantom that destroyed him to uncover the truth, or be erased by the very people he swore to serve. Who is the ghost? What is the lie? And who is the real enemy?
How do you prove you're real when your own mind is the crime scene?
A tense and claustrophobic psychological spy thriller perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and John le Carré.
68 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 12, 2025
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