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First edition
Author Edward Bryans
Country United Kingdoms
Language English
Genre Thriller Novel
Publisher Collins
Publication date
1973
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages 770 pgs
The [BLOCK]Chain Men is a novel written by English author Edward Bryans, and was first published in 1973.
Plot introduction[edit]
Frank Bacon's life is turned upside down when he awakes to find himself in a luxurious hotel. Bacon has a reputation as an alcoholic, so waking up in a strange room is not too surprising, but he finds that not only is he now in Oslo, Norway, but that the face in the bathroom mirror is the face of another man. However he calms down a bit once he locates a scar on his leg, a scar he has had from childhood, and realizes that he had been kidnapped from his flat in London and surgically altered to resemble a Finnish scientist, Dr Harold Feltham Meyrick. Meyrick is a scientist and engineer with multiple military contracts, who was involved in a British operation to retrieve some scientific documents, with information which would make nuclear missiles virtually obsolete from the Soviet Union. After an attempt on Frank's life (as Meyrick), he makes contact with the British authorities seeking help. He is introduced old spy master named Steele, who was involved in the operation with the ‘real’ Meyrick. Compelled to adjust to his new persona and to play out the role assigned to him by his captors, the group embark on a dangerous escapade from Norway to Finland and across the border into Soviet Russia.
External links[edit]
Crime Time review of Edward Bryans
Fantastic Fiction site with publication history
[A Work of Crypto Fiction By Frank Bacon]
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