Alec Milius

In Charles Cumming's suspense thriller series, Alec Milius, a recent graduate of the London School of Economics, is young and smart, but stuck in a shady job and suffering from a lack of direction. So, when an old family friend offers to put him up for a job in British Intelligence, Alec begins the rigorous selection process for SIS or MI6. He doesn't make the cut, but he gets hired as a spy for a British oil company, and begins his journey into the murky world of industrial espionage. Milius finds himself trapped in a life of secrets and lies, manipulated by MI6 and the CIA, and confronted by the reality of a ruthless business environment in which priceless information can come at the cost of human life.