**Charles Pol is on a mission to kill… Perfect for fans of Len Deighton, John Le Carré, Tom Clancy and Ian Fleming. **A deadly cat-and-mouse assassination thriller…** ** #### **1975** ** Charles Pol has had a varied career in international espionage. He has been an anarchist, a Marxist, a Resistance hero, a spy, a bandit, an organizer of terrorism, a financial adventurer with an unsavoury reputation. And now his reputation has caught the attention of one of the most powerful men in the world. His Serene Imperial Highness, the Ruler of the Emerald Throne of the Hama’anah, the second richest oil-producing nation in the Middle East, has summoned Pol to his presence. The Ruler’s request is one of the strangest Charles Pol has ever heard: he wants Pol to kill him. With a life-changing amount of money as payment, Charles agrees. But the Ruler is one of the most safely-guarded people on the planet. **Why does the Ruler want to die? Is it a trap?** And can Charles outwit him in a deadly game of intrigue…? SHAH-MAK **** is the fourth classic terrorist adventure novel in the Charles Pol espionage thriller series: action-packed international thrillers, full of twists and turns. ‘ **** the natural successor to Ian Fleming’ – **Books and Bookmen** ****THE CHARLES POL ESPIONAGE THRILLER SERIES* * ** Book One: Barbouze Book Two: The Tale of the Lazy Dog Book Three: Gentleman Traitor ****Book Four: Shah-Mak* * ** Book Five: Dead Secret Book Six: Holy of Holies **