Cold Blood

Cold Blood
Alex Shaw

Aidan Snow thought he could escape his past. But now it’s back, with a vengeance. Ten years ago, SAS Trooper Aidan Snow was left fighting for his life after a mission went wrong and ever since he has been haunted by the image of the man with green eyes. The man who should have killed him.Now, Snow is finally living a peaceful life in Ukraine… Until Taurus Pashinski, the green-eyed man, returns.As Snow’s past catches up with him he finds himself thrown back into the world of espionage with a vengeance.Praise for Alex Shaw:‘Meet Aidan Snow, an ice-cold operative in a red-hot adventure’ Stephen Leather‘Sizzles across the page like a flame on a short fuse!’ Matt Hilton‘A perfect blend of spy fiction and political thriller’ Matt LynnReaders love the Aidan Snow books:‘A superb, pulse-racing read’ Online reviewer‘Exciting and fast-paced’ Online reviewer‘Immensely enjoyable and tightly written’ Online reviewer

Cold Blood

ALEX SHAW

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E-book Edition © September 2018 ISBN: 978000830632

Version: 2018-06-20

Hetman – the title of the highest military commander, after the monarch, in fifteenth- to eighteenth-century Poland, Ukraine and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Table of Contents

Cover (#uc67204fb-f5ee-5c22-a9a4-17f7daa7dc64)

Title Page (#u4ab506de-1e86-5b7e-a055-e26454cc47e2)

Copyright (#uf5b68c70-cbc7-50bb-8b39-00216219849a)

Epigraph (#u8eda5803-5b89-5db2-9620-e7661d0da730)

Prologue (#u2ca8360f-b73a-58f1-8690-203a368dcf7a)

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