‘Sixth Column is a must-read’ New Statesman & Society

The Cold War is over.So who’s watching whom now? At the heart of the British establishment lies a terrifying conspiracy. SIXTH COLUMN. A conspiracy to destroy…Johnny Kay has to live with the memories of Wineglass: a bungled, bloodied PIRA intercept. Then he accidentally kills an American citizen and his career with MI5 is over. Thanks to his mother’s influence Johnny is recruited by a slick private sector security conglomerate calling themselves MI7 and they’ve got the national security field to themselves…Johnny’s first job brings him into contact with a diabolical food additive, ready to be marketed to poor-nation armies. When Johnny begins to uncover his mother and stepfather’s role in the project he is putting himself in serious danger. But it is not just his own life at risk. Peace activist Heather Weston is also a target. Johnny’s first mistake is to save Heather’s life, his second is to believe there is such a thing as safety when your own family want you dead…James Long was born in Sussex in 1949. After university he went Into journalism on a London newspaper before joining the BBC in 1974. He worked first on radio, reporting on business subjects, and then as a television news correspondent. He played a major part in uncovering the details of the Guinness scandal and in the Investigations into Ferdinand Marcos’s missing millions. During his broadcasting career he has been interrogated by the Indonesian secret police, deliberately run down by a Cadillac in America and held by the Venezuelan army. He now lives with his wife and three children on the edge of Dartmoor, making investigative documentaries as well as writing.