ANTONY JOHNSTON, (THE COLDEST CITY - ATOMIC BLONDE) chats to Paul Burke about the third novel in the Brigitte Sharp series THE PATRIOS NETWORK. Writing screenplays, games, comics and novels. The making of Atomic Blonde (fr. The Coldest City). Classic Cold War spy fiction and Berlin.

THE PATRIOS NETWORK: When a renegade British officer steals plans for a high-tech weapon that could plunge whole cities into darkness, elite MI6 hacker Brigitte Sharp is sent to get them back. But her mission goes badly wrong.
Meanwhile a ‘deepfake’ video of a senior US politician calling for race war in Europe sends a flood of Americans to join neofascist militias on the continent. The Russians nurse a ruthless grudge against a fugitive whistleblower. In the wings, the Chinese flex their muscles. Everything seems connected…but how?
In her toughest challenge yet, Bridge ventures undercover into the heart of the mysterious Patrios network. Her task? To make sense of the growing chaos before darkness and bloodshed engulf Europe. If a powerful enemy doesn’t get her first...

ANTONY JOHNSTON is a New York Times bestselling writer. The Charlize Theron movie Atomic Blonde is based on his graphic novel; his Brigitte Sharp thriller novels are critically acclaimed; and his first videogame, Dead Space, redefined its genre. Antony’s books, graphic novels, and videogames include The Exphoria Code, The Tempus Project, The Fuse, Daredevil, Shang-Chi, Shadow of Mordor, the Alex Rider graphic novels and the adaptation of Alan Moore‘s ‘lost screenplay’ Fashion Beast. He also hosts the podcast Writing And Breathing.

Antony Johnston's writers podcast WRITING & BREATHING: https://writingandbreathing.com/

Recommendations
Ian Fleming Moonraker
John Birmingham The Cruel Stars
Greg Rucka Queen & Country (graphic novel)
The Sandbaggers (TV)
Mick Herron, John le Carré, Len Deighton (spy classics)

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Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2022 .

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