This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

A COLDER WAR. Copyright © 2014 by Charles Cumming. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Epigraph from The Double-Cross System by Sir John Masterman. Published by Vintage. Reprinted by permission from The Random House Group Limited.

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ISBN 978-1-250-02061-1 (hardcover)

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers

First U.S. Edition: August 2014