Ultimatum: The explosive thriller from the No. 1 bestseller
May 2018 · Random House
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‘It grips like a python from the first page, squeezing the breath out of the reader’ DAILY MAIL
‘Outstanding’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Breathless action’ THE TIMES
Hidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . .
They are acting on the orders of a renegade cell within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose objective is to transform their country into a nuclear-armed nation, and so seal its domination of the Middle East.
Britain’s intelligence agencies know something is up. Someone on the inside is ready to hand over information - but the rendezvous with SIS officer Luke Carlton goes bloodily wrong . . .
Then MI6 sees an opportunity to recruit an individual with unique access to the IRGC hardliners. Luke is chosen to reel them in. Going into Iran undercover is dangerous enough, but then there’s a killing and a kidnapping and the British government is presented with a shocking ultimatum.
With time running out, it seems only Luke can stop a cataclysmic new war in the Gulf . . .
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Readers love Ultimatum:
***** ‘An action-packed thriller . . . very authentic’
***** ‘A real page turner . . . thrilling adventure’
***** ‘Gripping page turner that keeps you glued to the story’
‘Outstanding’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Breathless action’ THE TIMES
Hidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . .
They are acting on the orders of a renegade cell within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose objective is to transform their country into a nuclear-armed nation, and so seal its domination of the Middle East.
Britain’s intelligence agencies know something is up. Someone on the inside is ready to hand over information - but the rendezvous with SIS officer Luke Carlton goes bloodily wrong . . .
Then MI6 sees an opportunity to recruit an individual with unique access to the IRGC hardliners. Luke is chosen to reel them in. Going into Iran undercover is dangerous enough, but then there’s a killing and a kidnapping and the British government is presented with a shocking ultimatum.
With time running out, it seems only Luke can stop a cataclysmic new war in the Gulf . . .
________
Readers love Ultimatum:
***** ‘An action-packed thriller . . . very authentic’
***** ‘A real page turner . . . thrilling adventure’
***** ‘Gripping page turner that keeps you glued to the story’
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4.4
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November 1, 2023
picked it up for a schlock read. pleasantly surprised as it was a bit more sophisticated than expected. felt totally let down at the end. terrible epilogue. felt like the author just went for a teasing sign off, but actually, it was just lazy writing. not likely to pull me back. for more.
Walter Byrom
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June 27, 2020
Best book I have read this year. Very informative and at the same time very much a brilliant story. Thanks Frank.
James Henderson
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May 10, 2020
An excellent book - exciting, well written and well researched 👍
About the author
Born in 1961, Frank Gardner has been the BBC's Security Correspondent since 2002. He holds a degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies. In 2004, while filming in Saudi Arabia, he was ambushed by terrorists, shot multiple times and left for dead. He survived and returned to active news reporting within a year. He still travels extensively. Awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to journalism, Frank published his bestselling memoir, Blood and Sand, in 2006. His first novel, the thriller Crisis, which introduced readers to SIS operative Luke Carlton, was a No.1 bestseller. The second Luke Carlton thriller, Ultimatum, was also a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller, as was the third, Outbreak. Frank Gardner lives in London.
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