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LDN Architects Eilean Aigas House, Scotland In TAKEDOWN, we learn that “The Troll” is the Lord of Eilean Aigas House on the northern end of a private island in the River Beauly set in the Scottish Highlands. The real-life estate is located on more than 500 wooded acres and spans 28,000 square feet. Scotland’s national newspaper reported the sale of...
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The idea for TAKEDOWN came to me while sitting in a hotel bar in New York City. I had come to town to pitch my editor on the idea for my next book. The problem, though, was that I didn’t really have an idea – at least not one that was “fully baked.” After checking into our hotel, my wife...
DESTINATION: GOTLAND Scot Harvath and his team spend much of their mission in SPYMASTER on the 100-mile-long Swedish island of Gotland. Known as, “The Pearl of the Baltic” Gotland is the largest island in Sweden and in the Baltic Sea. The activities and attractions around the island are as varied as the terrain – which ranges from the seacoast dotted...
CIA Counter Terrorism Center In SPYMASTER, one of Reed Carlton’s most highly regarded achievements is having helped to establish the CIA’s Counter Terrorism Center (CTC). In real life, the CTC was established in 1986, “to prevent and disrupt terrorist threats” around the world. NATO/ Article 5 Brad opens SPYMASTER with a passage from the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty. Later in...