Goldsmith was in the Special Operations Executive and his book is a gold mine of information, some of it entirely unique. Ines Picaut is the Captain of police in Orleans who has to solve the assassination at the heart of the story - an old, old woman with an uncertain identity is found dead in a way that reflects back to the second world war.Īnd so there are also characters in the war: Sophie Destivelle is an assassin, one of the 'equipes de tueurs' mentioned by John Goldsmith in his book, 'The Accidental Agent'. Ines Picaut is the Captain of police in Orleans who has to solve the assassination at the heart of t …more There are a great many strong women in this book. Manda Scott There are a great many strong women in this book. When not writing, she is host of the Accidental Gods podcast, and runs a horticultural smallholding, which one day will feed the local community.more

Because we have the answers to a flourishing future, we just haven't created the visions that will draw people towards them. She's written a Thrutopian TV series and is working on a Thrutopian novel. Her latest novel, A Treachery of Spies weaves a contemporary crime thriller with the courage and heroism of the Special Operations Executive in WW2. She's currently host of the THRUTOPIA MASTERCLASS which is helping a whole generation of writers to craft plausible, generative, thriving, near-term futures we'd be proud to leave to our children - and map the routes to get there. Because we have the answers to a flourishing future, we just haven't creat Novelist, columnist, blogger, podcaster, broadcaster and red-green activist, Manda Scott's novels have been shortlisted for an Orange Prize, nominated for an Edgar and dived into the endless iterations of TV adaptations. Novelist, columnist, blogger, podcaster, broadcaster and red-green activist, Manda Scott's novels have been shortlisted for an Orange Prize, nominated for an Edgar and dived into the endless iterations of TV adaptations.

Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott