Firefly: Heartstopping chase thriller & winner of the Wilbur Smith Award

two stars is generous. the core plot, location and general flow is, in principle, passable. However, this is essentially written like an action story in the characterisation and tropes at play. It's like a Hollywood screen writer read Le Carre and Forsyth and decided to have a crack at a spy thriller series. It would be fair to say that a couple of characters are likeable and invite your interest and commitment, however, Samson spoils every scene he's in, an utterly one dimensional character that inspired contempt and little interest. He is totally unbelievable as a former spy, rather more like a posh bar room bore who sees Bond in the mirror and thinks he can compete with Smiley at chess. The sole interest in following the story is to run a mental exercise of how the whole thing could be written properly. Fans of Ambler, Green, Le Carre, Deighton should look elsewhere.