Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Piece of Resistance | 1970 | Clive Egleton | Buy |
| 2 | The Sleeper | 1971 | Clive Egleton | Buy |
| 3 | The Judas Mandate | 1972 | Clive Egleton | Buy |
The David Garnett trilogy launched Clive Egleton’s writing career with three Cold War thrillers published in rapid succession. A Piece of Resistance (1970) introduced Garnett and established Egleton’s authoritative approach to espionage fiction. The Sleeper and The Judas Mandate followed in 1971 and 1972, completing a tight trilogy rooted in Cold War tension.
These early novels set the template for Egleton’s subsequent career — military precision in plotting, authentic operational detail, and protagonists navigating the moral gray areas of intelligence work.