Charlie's Apprentice

Charlie Muffin, most devious of spies, has been put out to pasture. Director General Peter Miller, Charlie's new director, has turned Charlie into a schoolmaster, a teacher of spies. All seems set for Charlie in his new role until his apprentice, John Gower, is sent to Beijing to extract a British agent. Gower's mission quickly becomes a failure as he is imprisoned within days of arrival. Miller reluctantly dispatches Charlie to rescue Gower before he reveals all in the face of certain torture; but as Charlie gets more deeply involved, he begins to wonder who is really pulling the strings now that the Cold War is over.Freemantle, Brian is the author of 'Charlie's Apprentice' with ISBN 9780816174898 and ISBN 081617489X.